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TIL that vinyl records are toxic

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N7Ej8 TIL there was no sound in films until the late 1920's. Before that, pianist or organists used to play along with the moving pictures live. At times this music was provided by the filmmakers and other times, musicians would improvise.
dDDZ TIL Joaquín Guzmán Loera, #1 on the 2011 World’s Most Wanted list, walked into a restaurant with armed bodyguards, confiscated the cell phones of all the patrons and told them not to be alarmed, then ate his dinner, paid for the meals of everyone in the restaurant and left.
9VPM TIL that although Mississippi has one of the lowest per capita income rates in the United States, Mississippians consistently rank as one of the highest per capita in charitable contributions
Y7L1x TIL Stand Watie was the only Native American Confederate General leading a Native American force they were the last Confederate force to surrender. Finally surrendering on the June 23rd 1865, 75 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered.
WgYo TIL that nobody knows the exact number of people of African descent living in France because it officially declares itself ‘colour blind’ so the law forbids official surveys accounting for racial or ethnic origin.