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TIL that Ross Bagdasarian Jr., son of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Sr., revived the group after an LA DJ played a sped-up version of "Call Me" by Blondie, claiming it was a new Chipmunks single as a joke, leading to high demand for the fake single

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WklYo TIL: The original, unratified, 13th amendment to the US Constitution would have stripped US citizenship from any citizen who accepted a title of nobility from an "emperor, king, prince or foreign power."
P1JZ TIL the Tesla Model S is road tested on an indoor track because their cars don’t produce any emissions.
MJlV TIL Stephen King threw away his original drafts of “Carrie” because he couldn’t write from a woman’s perspective. His wife retrieved them and launched his career.
nWlRP TIL about the Hairy Frog. A frog that is notable in possessing retractable claws, which it may project through the skin, apparently by intentionally breaking the bones of the toe.
neaxo TIL about Smoky the Yorkie, a pet dog to soldiers in the south pacific, weighing 4lbs, who kept operational 40 United States fighters by running a wire tied to her collar through a 6in pipe, completing a 3 day construction job in minutes. Also had 10 recognized combat flights, 8 combat stars.