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J1Rxk TIL that the distinct sound of John Bonham's drums on Zeppelin's, When the Levee Breaks had little to do with the grandeur of the three-story stone structure Headley Grange where they recorded. The sound engineer Andy Johns incorporated a delay device - Binson Echorec - to achieve the echo effect.
wLAj6 TIL about Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish sailor who was shipwrecked along the Yucatan Peninsula in 1511 and taken as a slave by a Mayan lord. He earned his freedom, became a respected Mayan warrior, and died fighting Spanish colonization of indigenous lands.
R1Rj TIL in 1911 electric cars were seen as cleaner, quieter, and easier to use than gasoline-powered cars.
XYWk TIL Donkeys are used for political protest in Oman because there is no way police can look dignified catching them.
x6lKD TIL that the killer in the first modern detective novel was an orangutan