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TIL we talk to ourselves at an equivalent rate of 4,000 words per minute.

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E1QDo TIL: Hank Williams was late on his way to a show when he died in the car with a friend. When Williams' death was announced, the crowd started laughing, thinking it was excuse. After Hawkshaw Hawkins started singing "I Saw The Light" as a tribute, the crowd realized Williams was dead, and sang along.
KO9XR TIL that in Norway, people use the term "texas" as slang for "crazy". It doesn't refer to a person, but a chaotic atmosphere or state of mind, so saying a party "was totally crazy!" in Norwegian would be "det var helt texas!", which literally means "it was texas!"
BBJW TIL Prisoner Tavon White impregnated four prison guards while incarcerated in Baltimore. Two of the women even had his name tattooed on them.
1RPO TIL that an African American, Madam C.J. Walker, was the first female millionaire in the United States.
0wa7p TIL Beverly Hills in Australia was originally named Dumbleton. However, the local residents disliked that name, wanting something more glamorous, and in the 1930s decided to rename it Beverly Hills after the Californian home of numerous American movie stars.