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TIL In his songs, Chuck Berry articulated every word, with precise diction and no noticeable accent, leading some listeners and concert promoters, used to a different kind of rhythm-and-blues singer, to initially think he was white. Teenagers didn't care about his race

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RAD6 TIL that Leo Fender, the founder of Fender and the person who developed the first solid-body electric guitar and electric bass guitar, never learned to play either instrument.
QJyaL Flying at an altitude of 37000 ft., Rüppell's griffon vulture is the highest flying bird ever recorded.
D4xJ TIL in 2011 researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany. Some have since been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.
7lP7 TIL that Hugh Hefner donated the “Y” in the HOLLYWOOD sign and Alice Cooper donated the third “O”
Oo09R TIL Most of the 30 killed in the sinking of the Britannic were dismembered when their lifeboats were pulled into the propellers when the captain attempted to beach the ship. One person survived the propellers- Violet Jessop, who had also survived the sinking of Britannic's sister ship, Titanic.