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TIL the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave killed 739 people, more than the great fire of 1871.

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bK1E TIL that Mozart disliked performer Adriana Ferrarese del Bene, who was know for nodding her head down on low notes and raising her head on high notes, so much, that he wrote a song for her to perform that had lots of jumps from low to high just so he could see her head “bob like a chicken” onstage.
16MeX TIL people turn old graphics cards into chic purses
awgLM TIL that for the film "Deliverance", Warner Bros. took the song "Feudin' Banjos" and renamed it "Dueling Banjos", to avoid giving the original composer credit. He sued and received "substantial royalties".
a5Qy TIL that Margaret Thatcher said in 1970 “There will not be a woman prime minister in my lifetime - the male population is too prejudiced.” She became prime minister of the UK in 1979.
7rvLx TIL during solar eclipses, tree leaves act as pinhole cameras, resulting in trees casting crescent-shaped shadows on the ground. This effect puzzled Aristotle in the 4th Century BC.