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TIL in 1940s and 50s America coin-op machines called the “Voice-O-Graph” were commonly available to instantly record a single vinyl record from an attached microphone for a few quarters

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M7DwA TIL After flying into Earth orbit in Apollo 7, Donn Eisele and his crew never went to space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unknown to everyone, Eisele wrote a detailed memoir that was only discovered and published after his death
j6GQn TIL there are no hereditary knighthoods in the UK anymore. The only hereditary nobles left are about 900 peers and about 1200 baronets.
neaXY TIL that in Kill Bill Vol. 1, when O-Ren threatens the Bride with “I hope you saved your energy. If you haven’t you may not last five minutes,” the Bride takes exactly 4 minutes and 59 seconds from the music cue to slice O-Ren’s scalp off.
9bXr TIL that Richard Pryor had it rough growing up: He was molested at the age of six by a teenage neighbor, and later by a neighborhood preacher. His mother was a prostitute who abandoned him when he was ten years old, after which he was raised in his grandmother’s brothel.
VMVP0 TIL: Match, Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, Hinge and several other dating apps are all owned by the same parent company.