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TIL Sperm whale oil was still a key component in automatic transmission fluid until 1972!

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yWyJ TIL Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, during his trial when accused of murdering three and a half million people, replied, “No. Only two and one half million—the rest died from disease and starvation.”
ojVr TIL that in 1930 on the news bulletin the BBC reported that “There is no news” and instead played piano music
8aEAa TIL In 2008, a man made $50,000, penny by penny, by opening thousands of fake accounts and pocketing the 1 or 2 cent verification deposits
VBdJQ TIL During the last song of the Red tour in London, a fan rushed past security to climb on stage to hand Taylor Swift a note. They shook hands with a smile before he was escorted away
Q5K6 TIL John Popper and his high school friend Chris Barron were in a band called Trucking Company. Popper left Trucking Company to start Blues Traveler. Trucking Company then added a few band members and changed their name to Spin Doctors.