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TIL the guys from Milli Vanilli (Rob & Fab) as well as the original singers were all misled by their record producer in the lip-sync scandal and are the ones that brought it to the press. Rob & Fab were upset they wouldn't let them sing, and the original singers were upset they weren't the stars.

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ANgpd TIL about Scottish guitarist Bert Jansch whose uncredited work influenced Paul Simon, Jimmy Page, and Neil Young. A true folk vagabond, Jansch didn’t even own a guitar in his early career, only playing venues that were willing to lend him one.
K0n9 TIL Airmail pilots in the 1920’s used a network of 70-foot concrete arrows to navigate cross country flights. These arrows are still around today.
awyx9 TIL the role of U.S. First Lady does not need to go to the president's wife Prior First Ladies include nieces and daughters-in-law of the sitting president.
EZ9V TIL Student tuition at Ivy League schools is essentially “Pay what you can,” and free for students whose families make less than $60K/year; the difference is funded by an endowment of donations.
xValg TIL of H. Beatty Chadwick, the man who holds the record for the longest time in contempt of court. After serving 14 years for refusing to disclose funds in a civil matter, Chadwick was released because the court decided that his incarceration had "lost it's coercive effect."