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TIL that the name Daisy is short for Margaret

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DQAlV TIL Eddie Van Halen recorded the 1995 piece "Strung Out" back in 1984 on a piano filled with things like ping-pong balls, batteries, knives, forks. Producer Bruce Fairbairn picked out 90 seconds of a 10-hour tape recording that started with Eddie creating harmonics directly in the piano's strings.
BgdwL TIL that Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. It may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts such as words, true names, or metaphors in mythology.
rNLE0 TIL of the Quasi-War, an undeclared war between the U.S. and France from 1798 to 1800. Fought mainly in the Caribbean and off the U.S. East Coast, it set a precedent for Congress to authorize military action without a formal war declaration, influencing later conflicts like Vietnam and the Gulf War.
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