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TIL the original lyrics to Little Richard’s ‘Tutti Frutti’ were ”Tutti Frutti, good booty / If it don't fit, don't force it / You can grease it, make it easy."

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ADrmn TIL the first words ever spoken on a telephone were "[Come here, Mr Watson,] I want to see you" – in these times of social distancing, it really made me think about all the huge technical efforts made just to fill our need to see others.
N16e TIL that Australia banned an episode of Peppa Pig because it taught children not to be afraid of spiders.
9YZA7 TIL that in 2014, The Philippines broke a world record by planting 3 million trees in an hour.
YNNx TIL the Event Horizon Telescope not only took the first photos of a black hole, it’s powerful enough to count the stitches on a baseball 8,000 miles away.
6EQG7 TIL of Britain's ghost trains - rare train services in the UK which only see a couple of passengers every day. They're only there because closing lines and stations is difficult and costly, and rail companies would rather run infrequent services than go through the cumbersome process.