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TIL Woody Guthrie, who wrote “This Land is Your Land”, painted the words “THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS” on his guitar

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ONOa TIL The average child in the US watches over 40,000 TV commercials a year
Y7WXA TIL that Agatha Christie—1st recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award & "Best Writer of the Century" (Bouchercon World Mystery Conv.)—was criticized by Raymond Chandler, Julian Symons, and Edmund Wilson for being too artificial, banal, and superficial in her writings.
lo4Xa TIL The main accusers of The Salem Witch Trials were a group of girls and young women from Salem Village who are often referred to as the “afflicted girls” because they claimed that witches were afflicting them by attacking them and making them ill.
m1abE TIL Leontyne Price was the first African American Opera soprano to receive international acclaim for her performances. (And she's 98 years old!)
pY7x4 TIL, palm trees are not trees; but a type of grass. A palm tree does not create rings as it grows – it’s yearly growth isn’t marked on the tree a palm tree does not grow bark – it’s basically the same on the inside as the outside