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TIL Billie Holiday was arrested and jailed five months for prostitution at age 14.

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YpWQ7 TIL that the youngsters of Holocaust survivors are a lot more prone to anxiety due to hormone changes in their parents from the trauma of the Holocaust. Their kids acquired these traits.
oBjD8 TIL: Biologists have observed a lizard lay eggs and give birth to live young in the same pregnancy for the first time.
4kaB5 TIL JBL is the acronym of its founder, James Bullough Lansing who took his own life in 1949. He inducted into the Hi-Fi Hall of Fame in 2023.
e5ab TIL The Apollo space suits were made by the bra company Playtex. After years of failures, they threw together a design in just 6 weeks and beat the aerospace companies. This was because one competitor’s design couldn’t fit through the door, and the other competitor had its suit helmet explode.
YpXv7 TIL terminal patients may exhibit a burst of energy and lucidity near death, it is known as Terminal Lucidity.