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TIL Vienna Philharmonic did not allow female musicians to join until 1997

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Kko6 TIL that Conan’s ex-drummer and Slipknot’s current drummer are father and son (Max & Jay Weinberg).
WEdX TIL that the Nicholson Electroplating bomb from the LA Noire DLC pack is not only possible, it actually happened in 1947- at an electroplating plant inLos Angeles
wVQE TIL that defense attorney Clement Vallandigham accidentally killed himself during a trial, while trying to demonstrate to the jury that his defendant’s victim could have accidentally shot himself with a pistol. The jury was so convinced by this demonstration that the defendant was later acquitted.
BgNDk TIL Rockefellers wealth in todays US Dollars (inflation adjusted) would amount to around 25 Billion, not 400. The higher estimate is derived calculating his wealth as a percentage of the US GDP.
pwvN TIL John Quincy Adams, to keep a barrier between church and state, took the presidential oath on a book of U.S. laws.