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TIL that the average annual salary of a professional NBA cheerleader is $56,000

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e0YGb TIL that the chief baker on the Titanic, Charles Joughin, drank an entire bottle of whiskey as the ship sank and spent 3 hours in the -2°c waters before he was rescued alive
E1gDP TIL that during WW2 Australian soldiers and civilians and american soldiers clashed in a riot leaving 1 Australian dead and others injured.
NyoQ TIL that Ringo Starr’s first exposure to percussuion happened when he contracted tuberculosis at the age of 13 and was admitted into a sanatorium for 2 years. The staff encouraged him to join the hospital band where he used a makeshift mallet to strike against the cabinets next to his bed.
8a1PG TIL during WWII, Girl Scouts couldn't sell cookies because many of the ingredients needed were being rationed to the military. In light of this some of them sold Girl Scout calendars, or collected and sold scrap metal.
b9By9 TIL songwriter James Blunt was once an army officer. He was in Kosovo in 1999 when the Russians took over Pristina airport. The NATO commander order Blunt's unit to attack and Blunt's commander refused saying we're "not going to start the Third World War."