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TIL that the first artist to sing the national anthem with their own twist (Jose Feliciano in game 5 of 1968 World Series) was essentially blacklisted for his rendition of the song because folks found it offensive. He wasn't back on Americans' good side until he dropped Feliz Navidad.

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W7krd TIL about "Tronie", a type of work common in Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression.
LWOm TIL while Dirk Willems was escaping from a prison across an ice covered pond, a guard noticed him and chased him. The guard ended up breaking the ice and falling into the water, begging for help. Willems turned back and saved him, only for the guard to recapture the prisoner and have him executed
4kMXa TIL Cows are actually really good swimmers and in Ireland they’re taken by boat to graze on offshore islands!
EEko TIL that at 10 years old Mike Tyson bought $700 worth of birds after robbing someone’s home. He later got into his first fight after someone stole and decapitated one of them.
BrNXy TIL: After Pearl Harbour, 3 men were trapped in the USS West Virginia for 16 days, unable to be rescued.