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TIL that Simon Bolivar, "El Libertador", was actually a 33d degree freemason

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xVdbk TIL about “The Harris’s List”, a catalogue from the 1700’s of all the prostitutes in London during that period, where you could find any sex workers’ address, price, age, skills, and it would rate their performance and describe their appearance. It was published annually for decades
ZpKXv TIL The “Texas Triangle”— composed of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin metro areas — holds 68% of the state’s 30.3 million residents
JYWkv TIL That male ducks doesn't quack.
VyD4 TIL When guitarist Slash wrote “Sweet Child O’ Mine” he had an initial disdain for the song due to its roots as a simple “string skipping” exercise and considered it a joke at the time.
GAXD4 TIL Dobro resonator guitars; with large metallic, sound plates, are much louder. All metal-body resonator guitars inspired Paul Simon's Going to Graceland line, "The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar." David Gilmour's Dobro sold for a record (no pun intended) $112,500. in 1979.