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TIL: Hank Williams was late on his way to a show when he died in the car with a friend. When Williams' death was announced, the crowd started laughing, thinking it was excuse. After Hawkshaw Hawkins started singing "I Saw The Light" as a tribute, the crowd realized Williams was dead, and sang along.

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loe5G TIL that there is a remote, Alpine village in Austria with a population of just over 1,000 which has its own underground/metro line. It’s just 1.3 km long, has 4 stations and connects a parking lot with some ski lifts located at the opposite ends of the village.
pY6WG TIL in 1965 part of the training to be Special Forces Medic in Vietnam included the Dog Lab at Fort Bragg where they had to shoot a Dog (The Patient) with a .22 (in the thigh) and then successfully treat the wound
wl9P TIL astronaut Chris Hadfield once described problem-solving in NASA as “methodically looking for a solution until you run out of oxygen”
mx7Gv TIL: 80% of solitare games are winnable. But often one bad move can ruin it.
OGLGX TIL that lower testosterone has been scientifically proven to be associated with leftist beliefs