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TIL that 14 artists lent their voices as backup vocals on the song "All of the Lights"

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47ro TIL that during the American Civil War, 14-year-old William Horsfall enlisted into the Union army as a drummer boy. While in battle, he ran into the battlefield amongst gunfire to save his captain, who had been shot. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery.
Eg9DW TIL that, because white chocolate is made using only the butter or fat from the cocoa bean, but no cocoa solids, it isn't technically chocolate at all.
e05GD TIL A guest at a luxury hotel in Miami’s South Beach requested a professionally trained, camera-ready monkey, and meant it. The monkey was apparently needed to film a commercial. The concierge added animal casting to his resume.