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TIL that China operates only on one time zone

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lXw1 TIL Some jazz musicians in the 40s converted to Islam to get around segregation problems. “If you join the Muslim faith, you ain’t colored no more, you’ll be white”
wL7yP TIL In 2015 Smashmouth performed at an event where they were pelted with slices of bread from free loaves being handed out by vendors. Their lead singer went on a 3+ minute, profanity-laced rant about how the event was supposed to be family friendly.
7r6YM TIL about Disco Demolition Night. In the Late 70s the White Sox hired a shock-jock, anti-disco campaigner to promote an event where fans were urged to bring in disco records for discounted ticket priced. These records were collected and then blown up. The even ended with riot police dispersal.
PYMjG TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer, Artimus Pyle survived the 1977 plane crash that killed fellow band members. After the crash, he attempted to seek help from a nearby farm only to be shot at by the farmer who lived there.
aVdN TIL That leopard geckos eat their shed skin, so that predators in the wild do not find it and hunt them down.