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TIL Since 2003, Elizabeth Laird “The Hug Lady” has hugged over 500,000 American soldiers who have arrived and departed from Fort Hood, Texas

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KYAK9 TIL in 1940s and 50s America coin-op machines called the “Voice-O-Graph” were commonly available to instantly record a single vinyl record from an attached microphone for a few quarters
RBpa TIL Ozzy Osbourne donated $10,000 to a music school for underprivileged children after watching their rendition of “Crazy Train”
JYDNk TIL: The block Michelangelo carved David out of posed several problems. Called “the Giant,” it had been quarried 40 years earlier and had started to weather from the elements. Worse, other sculptors had tried roughing out a basic shape but given up midway. The final sculpture thus befits its name.
Oo6BY TIL about synchronous fireflies. They only appear a few places in the world. The males all flash at the same time signaling to the females they are the right species. The light display is so popular, over 20,000 people apply to a lottery to get into Shenendoah National Park every year to see them
E1YPw TIL that while living in France, Samuel Beckett would give local children rides to school in his convertible. One of those kids would grow up to be André the Giant