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TIL Harry Houdini bought his own airplane and flew it in Australia just 6 years after the Wright brothers made their first flight.

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wLnw1 TIL that bassist Carol Kaye recorded over 10,000 sessions in her 50 year span as a musician, including recording for artists Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Phil Spector, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys, Andy Williams, The Lettermen, Tina Turner, Herb Alpert, The Supremes, and The Monkees.
pYd4Q TIL the Ampex corporation in the 1950s sold the first 8 track recorder machine to musician Les Paul (solid body electric guitar pioneer). It was installed in Paul's home studio in 1957 for $10,000 which was roughly three times the US average yearly income in 1957 and equivalent to $107,000 in 2023.
N7AWM TIL the skin of a honey badger is so thick that it can withstand multiple machete blows, arrows, and spears. The only sure way to kill one is via a club to the skull or gunshot.
xVaNw TIL the Nazis had an annual charity drive called Winterhilfswerk. It was not uncommon for those who forgot or donated to little to lose their jobs, be prosecuted, or be victims of mob violence. Large donations were a way to establish oneself as a loyal supporter of the Nazi Party without joining it.
7yAb TIL that at one time Pillsbury bought Burger King with the intention of fixing everything that was wrong with the then declining franchise. To turn things around they hired a McDonald’s executive and when his changes were implemented BK took off like a rocket.