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TIL that Serj Tankian (of System of a Down) has a wider vocal range than Freddie Mercury

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DQ07r TIL Japan used a biological attack during WW2 which was largely covered up after the war.
6EjEm TIL that the First Lady of the United States hasn't always been the president's wife. At least thirteen women who have served as First Lady were not presidents' wives.
OoRQe TIL of the 'Toddler's Truce', where no TV programmes were scheduled to air in post-war Britain between 6-7 PM. The thinking was that ending the programmes at 6 would give parents time to put children to bed before evening programmes began; it would remain in place until 1957
gMD7L TIL having expulsed Mexican migrant workers in 1965, a program was created to replace the missing labor with American youth. 3300 teenagers ended up picking crops as a summer job. The conditions were so bad that within 2 weeks 200 had quit and many held strikes. The program was never tried again
6E9Bw TIL Disney instructed the game developers for the 1994 Lion King on Sega Genesis to create a puzzle level so hard that the game cannot be beaten within a period of time to extend and meet Blockbuster rental program rules and the rental market.(starts at 18:30)