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TIL that the probable voice of the Wilhelm scream was Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley, the singer of the famous novelty song "The Purple People Eater".

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GAVYQ TIL that in the 1960s the BBC refused to play popular music for young people, which created the need for off-shore pirate radio stations
MeeJ0 TIL of Richard Ricci, a suspect in the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart. He died of an aneurysm while in police custody in 2002 after two months of proclaiming his innocence and enduring interrogations. His wife never fully recovered from the heartbreak and committed suicide in 2015.
7rWBM TIL that a San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer, called Kevin Briggs, has talked around 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge since 1994.
N7JWP TIL that a government funded Minecraft Replica of Denmark, intended for educational purposes, was bombed several times by American hackers using smuggled in game dynamite, after which they planted several US flags on detonation sites.
MeWWW TIL: The national flag of Nepal is the only non-quadrilateral national flag in the world