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TIL that Kate Bush is generally regarded as the first ever singer to use a wireless radio microphone on stage, made out of a wire clothes hanger, which allowed her to incorporate extensive dance routines into her live shows.

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D1wlY TIL that 17 miles (27km) from Mount Rushmore, a gigantic sculpture is being carved in the Black Hills, showing Native Chief Crazy Horse on his steed, pointing east. The contruction has started in 1948 and will take another 50 years to be completed.
0wVvN TIL in 1869, George Hull hired people to make a stone statue of a man, bury it, then later pretend to discover an ancient giant. The hoax was so lucrative that P.T. Barnum offered $50,000. The owner declined. Barnum had a replica made and said he had the real giant and the owner had the fake.
Z8gWB TIL that, in 1973, America’s Army Material Command (AMC) ran a competition to name it’s new building. After receiving over 500 entries, a jury selected the winner: “AMC Building”
Yp0gG TIL there are languages with no words for numbers, and people who speak them have trouble keeping track of amounts higher than 5
Wx0Y TIL a 17-year old was ejected from a plane upon crash and landed upright in his seat in the middle of a street. He was the only survivor.