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TIL that when they tried to book a phone call from the President to inform Sgt Dakota Meyer that he had been approved for the Medal of Honor, White House staff were told he was working a construction job and to call back during his lunch hour.

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9YAQ7 TIL Linda Ronstadt, one of the biggest artists of all time, had trouble getting backing musicians because they didn't want to be sidemen to a woman. One of her backing bands included Don Henley and Glenn Frey, who would go on to form the Eagles, also one of the biggest artists of all time.
bEpZ TIL Rage Against The Machine was told to censor their song, “Killing In The Name” when playing it live on the BBC. They started out censoring it, but towards the end of the song “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!” was repeated 5 times live before the BBC shut off the broadcast.
wL7aY TIL wath the Siberian Corridor was. It was a strip of steppe from Mongolia to the east of Europe, used by nomadic population in their movements from east to west. Huns, Turks and Mongols all went through there. The corridor was closed by the Russian Empire expansion toward Siberia.
5dXR TIL There’s a hotel in Bolivia made almost entirely of salt, complete with salt beds and chairs
1alwd TIL the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series had to be heavily censored in the UK due to controversy over "Ninja" weapons and the the catch phrase "Bummer" being slang for anal sex.