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TIL "Hey Jude" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" were both recorded using the same piano

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NXV6P TIL a sultan of Morocco, Isma‘il ibn Sharif, owned a private army called "The Black Guard" comprised of West African and Haratin slave-soldiers. Considered more loyal than the locals because of their lack of tribal affiliation, Isma‘il's black soldiers formed the bulk of his army, numbering at 150k.
e0oLb TIL That most animals bodies manufacture their own vitamin C. Only primates are unable to make our own. A few very rare species of birds and fish also lack this ability. The intake must be maintained through diet.
5nln TIL that Wes Craven - director of the original Nightmare on Elm Street, Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes and Scream - had never seen a movie until college because of his strict Baptist upbringing.
6Lb8 TIL download.com infects at least 113 million visitors with malware annually.
VrjG TIL American Nimitz-class aircraft carriers can cruise continuously at maximum speed for 25 years before needing to be refueled.