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TIL that the first instance of rapping with auto-tune is attributed to Eiffel 65 and their song "Too Much of Heaven"

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8ekKV TIL that Agatha Christie kept her final Poirot novel locked away in a bank vault for 30 years. And it's currently on free display at Cambridge University
VkKB TIL A BBC News sign langauge interpreter spent months embellishing the news with ridiculous details before she was sacked.
6wKJ TIL That the Civil War started and ended on the same mans’ (Wilmer Mclean) property, who fled his property at the sight of the battle of Bull Run only to purchase what would become known as Appomattox Courthouse
lMx1 TIL that Bill Nye the Science Guy only has a bachelors of science, but has been awarded three honorary doctorate degrees
d8jPr TIL about Doji Morita, a Japanese singer-songwriter in the 70s, who never shown her face or identity during her career as she always wore a wig and sunglasses. Until today, no one has ever seen her real face or known exactly who she was.