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TIL Motorola invented the car radio, and the company’s name comes from this “Motorized Victrola”

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W7N68 TIL that "Desperado", the song by the Eagles, was recorded in London with musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Lead vocalist Don Henley was intimidated by the large orchestra, and would later express regret that he did not sing as well as he could.
x071 TIL that Upton Sinclair, in his book The Brass Check, had proposed a law that any newspaper which prints a false statement shall be required to give equal prominence to a correction, on penalty of a substantial fine, among other remedies
RX5a TIL Val Kilmer had to undergo therapy to get out of Jim Morrison character after filming “The Doors”
DQppe TIL - the concept of animals going exinct wasn't accepted until the 1800s. Prior to this, if an extinct animal skeleton or fossil was discovered, people assumed it came from a species still around somewhere on Earth.
nweo TIL USA has broken, changed or nullified all treaties made with native Americans.