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TIL that when people hear a recorded phrase looped numerous times, they begin to hear it as a song

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BgWVK TIL The Marx Brothers radio show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel about an unscrupulous lawyer was orginally called Beagle, Shyster, and Beagle. The title changed after Morris Beagle sued because he was receiving prank phone calls. In show, Groucho's character changed his name because he divorced.
R7L9Q TIL of a marine who called customer service in the middle of a firefight for help repairing his broken rifle. The weapon was firing properly again within 45 seconds.
E1Od TIL a janitor invented flamin’ hot cheetos.
MeMR7 TIL Property owners segregated Charlotte, SC to prevent the poorer white and black communities from banding together against socioeconomic inequality
NXnrM TIL that Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix to star in Wild, Wild West