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TIL That post-911 a large number of songs were banned from many radio stations including ACDC’s TNT, Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York, and all of Rage Against the Machine’s songs

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X0G16 TIL Chicago's last Republican mayor, Big Bill, was elected 97 years ago and held an open alliance with Al Capone. Following his 1927 victory, Big Bill's supporters flooded onto his floating Speakeasy and it sank under their weight.
VMJG8 TIL that TV stations in Montana and Michigan were hacked in 2013 to broadcast bogus emergency alerts about zombies. The Montana alert said "the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living." The Michigan stations said the hacks were traced to "an overseas source."
oR99L TIL while composing his 1984 song "When Doves Cry", there was originally was a bass line in the song, but after a conversation with singer Jill Jones, Prince decided that the song was too conventional with it included and omitted the entire bass line.
kRde TIL the first person to circumnavigate the world was most likely Ferdinand Magellan’s slave Enrique of Malacca, who was born in Malaysia
a8MDA TIL: There is a submarine test facility in Idaho - History of the Navy test facility in Bayview, Idaho