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TIL session drummer Hal Blaine (1929 - 2019) of the famous Wrecking Crew played on over 35,000 recordings, including 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which were #1 hits.

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4XoGJ TIL that skunk spray can't be removed with tomato juice because they are both acids, rather you need combine baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and dish soap to create a base that nuetralizes and removes the smell.
4Xpy5 TIL that each year ancient Greeks had the option to pick a politician to exile for 10 years. They’d cast their vote with pieces of pottery called ‘ostraka’ - it’s where we get the word ostracise from.
wLp9P TIL the story of Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy that was lynched and terribly disfigured in 1955 for saying "bye baby" to a white woman. The mother demanded an open casket funeral to show the world what they had done. This event is a cornerstone of the civil rights movement.
5lW8 TIL that some old books were released with some of the pages “uncut” and folded together, and in order to read them, you must cut the pages
j61vR TIL that on an Auschwitz concentration camp wall, a Jewish prisoner (facing indescribable abuse) carved, “If there is a god, He will have to beg for my forgiveness.”