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TIL Radio stations refused to play Cher's first single because they thought her low voice was a gay man singing a love song about the Beatles' Ringo Starr

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A8pl TIL Right before Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it,” because she had accidentally stepped on the executioner’s foot.
5VA4n TIL that autopilot was first invented in 1912
X77k TIL the scientist who developed the vaccine to fight leprosy is about to reach his 100th birthday and is still working to find a vaccine for cancer
OP06 TIL “Blood is thicker than water” when used in the context of family over friends, is a wildly incorrect bastardization. The full quote is, “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” and refers to relationships chosen meaning more than those of mere blood.
W7wQ8 TIL that after being thrown off a chairlift by a mentally ill man the victim waited 7 hours to report the crime because he didn’t want it to ruin his powder day