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TIL Danny Trejo has atleast 20 movies coming out this year alone

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yQ06X TIL that the Confederate Flag was popularized in opposition of the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s by the political part Dixiecrats
Eb1p TIL that the first instance of Telephone hold music was a mistake that was caused by a loose piece of wire touching a metal girder at a factory. It turned the building into a giant radio antenna that would play music from a next-door radio station when people were put on hold.
JYrj4 TIL When the term ‘veggie burger’ was used in 1976, it meant a regular ground beef hamburger topped with vegetables.
4Loa TIL That when the Polk County, FL sherrif was asked why a suspect was shot 68 times, he replied “That’s all the bullets we had”.
18xX TIL at the start of his career, writer Kurt Vonnegut was assigned to write a column for Sports Illustrated about a racehorse that jumped the fence and ran away, after staring at the blank piece of paper on his typewriter all morning, he typed, “The horse jumped over the f**king fence”, and left.