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TIL 8 of the top 10 selling albums of all time were released between 1973 & 1982, and 5 of those were released in 1976 & 1977

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pYyw4 TIL in 1862 John Langdon Down was the first to describe a distinct mental disability, calling it "Mongolism" due to his perception that children with it shared facial similarities. Now called Down Syndrome, was discovered in the 1950s to be caused by the presence a third copy of chromosome 21.
W0RB TIL that former Australian rules footballer Garry Hocking legally changed his name to “Whiskas” so that commentators would have to say the name of the product every time during a game, being the first of its kind in marketing.
x6KPw TIL that the pronghorn is the fastest animal in the Americas and the second fastest in the world running at up to 95 km/h
d9L7 TIL Tony Bennet is a WW2 Veteran that narrowly escaped death and took part in liberation of a concentration camp. He eventually was demoted for dining with a black friend.
l75Z1 TIL that Bruce Willis has a music album with a song that made it to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, “Respect Yourself”.