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[TIL] Michael Jackson beatboxed and hummed out all his music into recorders as part of his creative process because he didn't play any instruments.

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OA77 TIL during the alcohol prohibition some moonshiners used to wear ‘cow shoes’ which left cow hoof prints rather than human footprints so they couldn’t be tracked.
p8Rl8 TIL that the Windscale Fire - the UK's worst nuclear accident - would have been much more severe, were it not for "Cockroft's Folly" - chimney filters installed at great expense, and labelled as a waste of time and money.
4XmRw TIL the highest 'low' temperature in known history was set in June 26th 2018 in the city of Quriyat, Oman. It clocked in at 42.6°C (108.7°F), and not only did it hit that astonishingly low temperature, it remained that hot for nearly 51 hours
MpjV TIL Margaret Thompson was the first woman to win an Olympic medal in a shooting sport (silver) in 1976 after tying with the gold medal winner. When the Olympic committee refused a shootoff, the gold medalist pulled Thompson onto the gold medal platform with him.
W7pr9 TIL about Josiah Harlan, an American traveler who raised an army in Afghanistan 1830s with the intent of becoming a king. He led his followers on various campaigns against slaveholding princes and after returning to the US attempted to be appointed a general in the Civil War against the Confederacy.