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TIL Johnny Cash’s ‘A Boy Named Sue’ was actually written by Shel Silverstein

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ADKrx TIL the women who discovered Heath Ledger called Mary Kate Olsen instead of 911 when she discovered the body, and Olsen refused to talk to the cops unless she was granted immunity, despite the cops not accusing her of anything. Her lawyer denied that she had anything to do with the drugs found.
P1KPn TIL when William I, German Emperor, was crowned King of Prussia on 18 October 1861, it was the first coronation of a Prussian King since 1701 and the first of a German King since 1806
WkZPB TIL that deaf parents use special vibrating baby monitors or smart watch applications to alert them when babies are crying during the night.
69opQ TIL that Phil Collins played at both Live Aid concerts on the same day at Wembley Stadium and JFK
M7BAb TIL about Lucy Salani, who was an Italian activist and the only known Italian transgender person to have survived the Nazi concentration camps.