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TIL Sinead O'Connor was a major inspiration for REM's Losing my Religion video. Not only was Michael Stipe so moved by Sinéad's lip syncing in Nothing Compares to U video that he finally acquiesced to lip-synching in REM music videos, but he also states that he stole his dance moves from her.

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6EEj7 Conrad Heyer, a Revolutionary War veteran, was the earliest-born American to ever be photographed and he was photographed in 1852 at the age of 103! He’s also “the only U.S. veteran to be photographed who crossed the Delaware River alongside George Washington in December 1776”.
NXv7P TIL the term "blowing a raspberry" comes from rhyming slang, where the first word of "raspberry tart" replaces the rhyming word "fart."
OorMe TIL that Barbara Hutton was worth the equivalent of over $1 billion in the 1930s, but due to her extreme generosity, died with only $3500. She married 7 times: a Georgian prince, a Danish count, actor Cary Grant, a Russian prince, a notorious Dominican playboy, a German baron, and a Cambodian prince
BryLK TIL the Haya People of Tanzania have been forging steel for over 2000 years. Investigation of their land led to the discovery of ancient furnaces that were then carbon dated and found to be around 2000 years old.
DQpbV TIL that there is a Women's National Basketball Association. (No, seriously. Never seen or heard anything about the existence of the WNBA until literally 3 minutes ago; which, according to my family, it's because it's not interesting to watch. For anyone who also just learned this, your welcome.)