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W1lo TIL that during his 1955 tour in Ghana, Louis Armstrong suddenly stopped playing, moved by the fact that one of the dancers resembled his mother, who had died 20 years before. He said: “I know it now. I came from here, way back. At least my people did. Now I know this is my country too.”
N70Lb TIL: William Brewster, leader of the Plymouth Colony in America, named his children Jonathan, Patience, Fear, Love, and Wrestling.
JEWQ TIL that when Nebraska first brought in a ‘safe haven law’ allowing the legal abandonment of children at hospitals, teenagers were being dropped off and left, this was due to the legislators forgetting to define the age limit.
Z4jB TIL a 89 year old veteran developed a bladeless bird-friendly wind turbine in 2011
yQ1e TIL that Freddie Mercury never had his teeth fixed because he was afraid it would change the sound of his singing