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Til that Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded her Christmas hit 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'

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Z8n5R TIL that Charles Guiteau, who assassinated President Garfield, probably suffered from neurosyphillis, perhaps caught from a prostitute. He spent several years at a free love commune but could not get any of the women there to sleep with him, even earning the nickname "Charles Git-out"
OMb1 TIL Jónsi, the lead singer in Sigur Rós, once forgot the lyrics while performing with the band in France. He improvised and kept on singing in Icelandic “ Oh shit, I forgot the lyrics, but that’s o.k. because I’m in France where no one understands me.”
ZpYGa TIL that Samsung has so many subsidiaries that it also makes guns, tanks, ships, medical equipment, insurance, clothes, cars, and the tallest building in the world.
x6X4D TIL that a raven named Jimmy was in over 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1950s. Apparently Jimmy was talented, knowing how to ride a tiny motorcycle and understanding several hundred words. Jimmy earned a gold metal from the Red Cross for entertaining veterans.
JYpLl TIL the Ru of RuPaul comes from the culinary term 'roux', a mix of flour and fat