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TIL the female backing volalist on the Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter", Merry Clayton, was pregnant when summoned to the recording studio late at night, and suffered a miscarriage a few hours after strenously singing the famous line "Rape, murder! It's just a shot away! It's just a shot away!"

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VMJj0 TIL that 17 years before Confederate General James Longstreet surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, he stood as a groomsman in Grant's wedding. At the surrender, they embraced and reminisced about "the days that were so pleasant."
wLDyE TIL about “Sim Swapping”, a technique used by criminals that involves the stealing a phone number and exploiting Multi-factor Authentication to access your financial information.
Oorbe TIL: Phosphorus was discoverd when alchemist Hennig Brand who was experimenting with urine attempted to create the fabled philosopher's stone through the distillation of some salts by evaporating urine, and in the process produced a white material that glowed in the dark and burned brilliantly.
yPAM TIL James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott ( Scotty) on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger on his right hand (lost it on D-Day).
jNvWj TIL a study by researchers at a London university found that Botswana has the most unique folk and traditional music among the 137 countries investigated, followed by Ivory Coast, Chad, and Benin. China's music differs the most from its neighbors.