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TIL that Jon Bon Jovi's first professional recording was singing backup vocals on the 1980 Star Wars tie-in Christmas album "Christmas In The Stars." The only reason he got the gig was because his cousin Tony managed the studio where the album was recorded and had hired him as a janitor.

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XEVVr TIL President Grover Cleveland first met his future wife Frances when he was 27 and she was a newborn. He bought her a baby carriage and helped raise her following her father's death. He then married her when she turned 21 (he was 49). She remains the youngest wife of a sitting president.
mJ9o TIL that Abba performed in glittering hotpants, sequined jumpsuits and platform heels because Swedish tax law dictated that costumes were tax deductible if they were so outrageous they could not possibly be worn on the street.
YpL5P TIL of Mae C. Jemison. Not only is she the first African-American woman to go to space; she also served in the Peace Corps, appeared on Star Trek, is a dancer, and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters and the humanities
pogZ TIL a US Army Lieutenant in WW2 sacrificed his life by calling an artillery strike – on himself. Knowing an incoming German advance was a huge threat, he volunteered to remain behind, directing the fire until the enemy reached him. His body was found next to approx. 100 dead German troops.
69KjZ TIL that Dame schools were small, privately run schools for children aged 2–5 in early modern Britain and its colonies. They were run by a “school dame,” a local woman who taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and for girls, knitting or sewing. They lasted until mid-19th-century compulsory education.