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KYjr6 TIL NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann was the inspiration for Troy Bolton and High School Musical
YxBB TIL that US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was forced to invent a new signature to be put on US bills. His old signature was just a bunch of loops
R7VQa TIL about steam train driver Wally Oaks who heroically gave his life to stop his train after an accident engulfed the engine in flames. He saved all passengers and was posthumously awarded a George Cross for bravery.
MJm7 TIL during The Battle of Shiloh in the Civil war, many of the soldiers’ wounds glowed. Those with these glowing wounds healed faster, and thus the wounds were dubbed the “Angel’s Glow”.
697kJ TIL two songs sung by women (Manic Monday and Nothing Compares to You) reached the top 2 of the Billboard 100 in the mid 80s/early 90s. However, they were both written by a man named Prince Rogers Nelson, who went by the mononym Prince professionally.