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TIL Only 4% of Irish people have red hair

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ReXj TIL the T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed to bachelors who couldn’t sew or replace buttons
LQLBQ TIL that the loudest shout ever recorded was by a primary school teacher who yelled ‘quiet!’ It was clocked at 121.7 decibels and the record has stood for 30 years.
wovxW TIL, that flexi discs were a thing. Basically, a thin phonographic record that was included in magazines etc, which you could tear out and play on a turntable.
b9RW4 TIL : "Come Together" was inspired by a request from Timothy Leary to write a song for his campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which promptly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana.
aK5A TIL A Michigan rock collector found an impressive 93 lb. Petoskey stone in Lake Michigan in 2015, only to have it promptly confiscated by authorities. The stone violated a Michigan law that states no more than 25 pounds of rocks or minerals can be taken from the Great Lakes per year.