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TIL a theremin is a musical instrument that depends on electromagnetic fields created around its antennae, which players move their hands or fingers around to change pitch or volume.

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Bg8Rb TIL Walmart stores receive 3-4 times more police calls than other big-box retailers like Target. In St. Petersburg, FL, 25% of all arrests are made at a single Walmart location, while in Granite Falls, NC, 92% of larceny calls are attributed to a single Walmart store.
e01L4 TIL of Labi Siffre. Dr. Dre wanted to sample his 1970s song "I got the..." for Eminem's "My Name Is" but Siffre, openly gay, initially refused, demanding sexist and homophobic lyrics be removed. Dre and Eminem made changes and the song became a massive hit.
0dyGA TIL William R. King was elected Franklin Pierce’s VP in 1852 and took the oath of office in Cuba due to tuberculosis. The only U.S. President or VP sworn in outside the country. Seattle’s King County was named in his honor until 2005. Now it is named King County after ML King Jr.
NXLw1 TIL: Southern Californians are known for saying "the" before a freeway number. I found this out because ChatGPT guessed where I'm from based on how I talk. Wow.
VMOk4 TIL Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world. Farah was warned that the Somali government planned to arrest him, so he began a self-imposed exile that would last for 22 years