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TIL: The average single male changes his sheets just four times a year.

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GYZw7 TIL that in 1939, radio station WJSV in Washington, DC recorded their entire 19-hour broadcast day for historic purposes. It contains the only known recordings of a number of programs from the Golden Age of Radio. It is now in the National Recording Registry and is available free, streaming online.
bBB9 TIL In the heat of a battle in the Spanish-American war, Former Confederate cavalry hero General Joseph Wheeler allegedly cried “To hell with the Yankees! Dammit, I mean the Spainards.”
xVxOw TIL that Prince was supposed to sing the hook on Kendrick Lamar's "Complexion (A Zulu Love). Prince heard and loved the record, and the concept of the record got both of them talking until they realized they didn't record anything and they ran out of time in the studio.
pNM4 TIL that in a study of domestic violence victims, 40.2% of men who contacted local agencies for help were accused of being the batterer.
LpRp TIL some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.