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TIL: Glenn Miller had 24 top-20 songs in 1939, 38 in 1940, 18 in 1941, and 17 in 1942

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MeL9W TIL that Stan Lee created and wrote a show about a superhero stripper called “Stipperella”
NXnDM TIL Babe Ruth during his playing career never wore the Yankees home jersey with the interlocking NY (same as today). That was introduced in 1936 when Ruth was already retired. As a player he only wore the plain pinstripes at home.
jNoPj TIL Chiclets were discontinued in 2016
Obba TIL that in order to transmit radio signals to submerged submarines, one technique is to place electrodes in the ground many miles apart, using the earth’s core as a giant antenna.
XEB5X TIL that LEGO is offering a buildable model of the ATLAS particle detector that features all the main components of the real detector, is 50:1 in scale, and is composed of almost 9,500 pieces.