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TIL German pianos have an H key

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M7EM7 TIL the noted children’s author, Shel Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends; The Giving Tree), also wrote the lyrics to Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue,” as well as many other chart topping songs for Waylon Jennings and Loretta Lynn 🤠
4k44w TIL The FBI attempted to bribe members of congress in the 80s by forming a fake company. A quarter of all members who were tested accepted the bribe, and were eventually convicted.
60P8 TIL that instead of allowing women to sing in their choir like the Protestants, the Catholic church decided to begin the tradition of castrating young boys so their choral music was ‘on-par’ with Protestant choral music.
9Yp9m TIL That Matt LeBlanc Dislocated his Shoulder during the filming of an episode of Friends, where the audience was made up of Pepsi contest winners. The set was shut down meaning Warner Brothers had to fly the winners home and then back out for another episode.
nW8V9 TIL that boxer Larry Holmes was one win away from matching Rocky Marciano’s perfect record of 49-0, when he was defeated by Michael Spinks.