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TIL there was a record called “Three Minutes of Silence” which was placed in juke boxes. Customers would pay for relief from the music.

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YpxOA TIL that Columbia is the name of the female personification of the United States and showed up on WW1 patriotic posters much like Uncle Sam posters
QJ0Q9 TIL about the '91 Louisiana governor's race, which pitted corrupt Democrat Edwin Edwards against former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. Voters were urged to "vote for the lizard, not the wizard." Duke lost by only 11% despite near-total denouncement by the Republican party, including President Bush.
1aE58 TIL that in 2017, church leaders in Papua New Guinea were concerned by a report that the Governor-General had been requested to sign 666 writs for an upcoming election. They were reassured by the Electoral Commissioner that the number merely reflected 6 copies of each writ for 111 electorates
16bYV TIL that Saturn’s moon Titan has lakes, rivers, and rain—but instead of water, they’re filled with liquid methane and ethane.
OG701 TIL about Pocho, a crocodile in Costa Rica who, after being found nearly dead from a gunshot, was nursed back to health by local fisherman Gilberto "Chito" Shedden. They developed an extraordinary friendship, swimming and performing together for two decades until Pocho's death in 2011.