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TIL Link Wray’s “Rumble” is the only instrumental to be banned from American radio

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78Q6p TIL that Chinese is written without spaces between successive characters and words.
YQlG TIL a man independently carved a 360 ft long pathway through a mountain to help shorten a route to/from his impoverished town. After 22 years and much abuse, it was completed and cut 35km off of a commonly traveled route.
6E0dw TIL the family of Dracula was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
d8EGB TIL Bees don't poop in the hive. Over the winter, it builds up because they stay out of the cold. On warm winter days, they will all fly out at the same time on what are called "cleansing flights."
eWLg TIL that a professor of medical psychology in New York started hearing a voice in her head in 1965. Her colleague encouraged her to write down what it said. The voice produced 3 volumes of “spiritual psychology,” some of which is written in iambic pentameter.