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4kvO6 TIL The Stradivarius violin used in Wizard of Oz’ “Somewhere over the rainbow” once belonged to Einstein’s teacher. It sold for over $15M in 2022.
BreZd TIL that the only difference between a caribou and a reindeer is that caribou are wild and reindeer are domesticated.
R7YMw TIL that US President Calvin Coolidge had a high almost helium like public speaking voice.
WkG0B TIL Russians do not actually use the term comrade and the term is actually translated as tovarisch and used as such
9m86 TIL Crocodile Dundee is based on an actual person who survived 56 days in crocodile infested outback Australia and died in a police shootout while high on amphetamines.