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TIL Prince planned on having a female alter ego named Camille by recording his vocals at a slower speed, so when it was played back, his pitch would be higher. The plan was scrapped and most of the tunes resurfaced later as album tracks or B-sides.

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AeYB TIL that on July 1, 2016 volunteers dressed as World War I soldiers appeared across the UK as part of Battle of the Somme commemorations. The ‘soldiers’ silently handed cards to passers by, each bearing the name of a soldier who died at the Somme on 1st July 1916.
GAMJ TIL that when the White House discovered that the Russians had found a way to decode human speech from the movement of glass, the window panes in the Oval Office were fitted with small mechanical “vibrators”
WkZGL TIL ‘Ahoy-Hoy’ was once the preferred way to answer the phone, as it was Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred way to answer the phone. However Edison popularized 'Hello' because he thought it was easily heard and distinguished from other words.
KOVAw TIL The Boeing 747 Wing-Span (195 Ft or 59.4m) Is Longer Than The Wright Brothers' First Flight (120ft or 36.6m)
aG40 TIL Jimmy Carter is the only American president to have visited Hiroshima’s ground zero