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TIL that in 1992, a man fell to his death at the Grand Canyon while failing to pretend to fall off the railing

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79Kx TIL King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1919-1929) once gave a public speech in which he said “Islam did not require women to cover their bodies or wear any special kind of veil”. At the conclusion of the speech, Queen Soraya tore off her veil (hejab) in public.
Brjdy TIL that the song "Build a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul" is written from the perspective of a bedside lamp watching what goes on in the world in front of it. The song is barely three minutes long, but it changes keys 18 times.
5Y1yQ TIL a group of amateur astronomers around the world hunt and track government spy satellites. Governments classify these top-secret missions, but a group of dedicated spy hunters tracks the satellites and publishes the data for fun.
VMZ6B TIL when The Hollies released "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" in 1969, the song got up to #3 in the charts. However, after the song was used in a Miller Lite ad in 1988, it managed to reach the #1 spot and stay there for two weeks.
JaDl TIL that last year in Norway, a fox lured by a dying-rabbit app stole the phone, made calls, texts.