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1919

TIL Differences in finger length have been repeatedly linked to a range of human traits, from aggression to musical ability to sexual orientation. [National Geographic]

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gM86A TIL Buddy Holly & The Crickets were the first white band to play at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, being mistaken for the R&B group The Crickets. Booked for six nights, the crowd began at first to boo, but by the third night the band had won the them over.
ZN9Q TIL…In 1937, John D. Rockafeller Jr. and Andrew Mellon we’re appointed to a “National Share the Wealth Committee”. They suggested limiting fortunes to $5,000,000, anything over that amount would be put into a trust for poorer Americans.
XEVVX TIL - During a nationwide student protest, National Guard troops fired upon and killed several students at Kent State. Republican Governer, Jim Rhodes had called the protesters "the worst type of people" and "we're going touse every part of the law enforcement agency ... to eradicate the problem"
neYdd TIL in 2006 50 Cent was sued by Luther Campbell's manager for plagiarizing the lines "It's your birthday" in the song "In da Club". However, the lawsuit was dismissed because the phrase was ruled a "common, unoriginal and noncopyrightable element of the song".
lO4G TIL a 14 year old Japanese boy murdered Jun Hase, his 11 year old classmate at Tomogaoko junior high school and put his head next to the school’s gate “because he felt resentment against the school he has been going to.”