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TIL that Bob Marley’s manager would take him and his other wailers to rehearse late at night in the local cemetery where he believed that if they could conquer their fear of ‘duppies’ (spirits), they could also conquer any stage fright.

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wNQ7 TIL that in 2010, Taco Bell secretly reduced the sodium content of its food at 150 Dallas area restaurants by 23%. Without telling anyone, they replaced the salt with “other spices and other ingredients.” Two months later, they had received exactly zero complaints about the changes.
aw9MA TIL the first public iPhone call was a prank call made by Steve Jobs himself. He called Starbucks and ordered 4,000 lattes then said just kidding and hung up.
wLEYW TIL that between 1972 and 1996, every winner of the Kentucky Derby, and most winners of the the Triple Crown, descended from a single stud named "Bonnie Scotland". Notable progeny include Man-O-War, Seabiscuit, War Admiral, Secretariat, California Chrome and, most recently, Justify.
ZAWQ TIL the phrase “to pass with flying colors” originates in ship terminology. When victorious at sea, ships coming into port would fly their nation’s flags – or colors – to give an early communication of how they fared.
l7d97 TIL that a "fracture" and a "break" are the same thing. There is no medical difference between the two. Doctors use "fracture" because it describes the injury precisely (stress fracture, greenstick fracture, comminuted fracture, etc.), but a fractured bone is a broken bone.