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TIL that Sister Rosetta Tharpe pioneered many of the guitar techniques fundamental to modern rock/metal as early as the 30s and 40s

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gMJxD TIL Hippos sleep underwater even though they breathe air. They automatically close their nostrils and surface to breathe every 3-5 minutes. This all happens unconsciously, even in their sleep.
16614 TIL when the termite queen dies, the pheromone she used to block reproductive development in other termites is no longer produced, and then a new queen develops .
dDjNB TIL in 2009, Claire Boucher attempted to float down the Mississippi River in a homemade houseboat filled with live chickens, a sewing machine and 20 pounds of potatoes. She failed. A year later she released her successful debut studio album. She is known professionally as Grimes.
NPDJ TIL That Dick Cheney’s wife wrote an erotic lesbian novel and tried to cover it up
boN9 TIL that when Japanese girls have their first period, the family traditionally celebrates this by eating red-colored rice.