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TIL Motown founder Berry Gordy is a second cousin to former President Jimmy Carter

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9wk5m TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months.
neLB TIL that one of Australia’s most decorated snipers was initially barred from joining the Army during WW1 because of his race. He was only accepted after a recruitment officer reclassified him as “White.”
lovKV TIL the Vienna Philharmonic did not accept women into the orchestra until 1997 when they granted full member status to a harpist who had been playing with the orchestra for 27 years
Wb4Y TIL When wolves howl together, they harmonize rather than sing on one note to give the illusion of greater numbers.
8aYB8 TIL: In 2006, the FBI came up with a terror plot involving "full scale ground war" taking out the Sears Tower. The 7 convicted never had any contact with Al Qaeda, never acquired weapons, explosives or formed actual plans & whole plot was thought up by the FBI informant. From 7-13 years prison.