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TIL Big Pimpin' was sampled from a 1950s Egyptian song
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TIL that there is a device called the Nasal Ranger that allows for the quantification of how smelly an odor is.
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TIL Paul Cuffe was born the son of a freed black man and a Native American woman who built his own ship, captained a lucrative whaling business, and snuck supplies through British blockades became the richest man in the city of Westport.
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TIL Instead of dividing the backing vocals (low, medium, and high), Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor, of the band Queen, would record each background part together in unison, twice. 3 part harmony = 18 “voices”. This is considered to be a key element of the “Queen Sound”.
loA0r
TIL that Harley-Davidson motorcycles are made almost entirely from foreign parts and have been for decades.
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TIL that in 1355, a dispute between the bartender and patrons of a tavern over the quality of beer caused a riot that left almost 100 people dead.