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LPGd TIL the Tarzan Yell is trademarked (officially known as a Sensory Mark). “The mark is a yell consisting of a series of approximately ten sounds…” It takes over 200 words to technically describe how Tarzan yells.
VBLX8 TIL that an Indian lawyer sued the Hindu god Rama over mistreatment of his wife Sita
M7gLV TIL Beethoven’s cause of death is not known. The composer was sick throughout his life, & before dying sent a letter asking for doctors to investigate him. Researchers recently sequenced his D.N.A. to see what they could find out.
l7R1A TIL David Frith, an English journalist, in 1983 commented that India should withdraw from the Cricket Cup if they didn't improve. India won the WC and he literally ate his own words , with the help of some red wine.
R4Dw TIL Emma Stone, an Actress, gave a PowerPoint presentation to her parents, set to the Madonna song “Hollywood”, to convince them to let her move to California for an acting career. Also, Stone’s low-pitched husky voice is a result of having baby colic, a condition of frequent screaming as an infant