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TIL Blondie was the first artist to reach no 1 in the US with a song that featured rap

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JYXNB TIL that construction of the Washington Monument was paused for twenty years between 1859 and 1879. The bottom third of the monument is slightly lighter than the rest because marble from different quarries was used after construction resumed.
j6EwN TIL Banana Laffy Taffy isn’t “fake” banana flavor, it’s just based on a cultivar that is effectively extinct.
5YP9R TIL “The Princess Bride” director Rob Reiner had the screenplay writer change the last scene from the fairytale characters riding off happily ever after to the grandfather and grandson coming together through the experience of reading the story
D18dv TIL in 1915 the Boy Scouts created a secret society with its own symbols, handshakes, and private rituals. It was eventually named "Order of the Arrow" and was inspired by Native American and Masonic culture. Their society was also influenced by the poem "Hiawatha" and novel "Last of the Mohicans".
R7XR1 TIL about Tim Cordes, a physician with blindness. He was the third blind medical student in the U.S in 1998. Despite his impressive resume, the University of Wisconsin's medical school was the only one to accept him. They accommodated him and his service dog,Vance, went with him to clinicals.