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TIL that the loud noise a bullwhip makes, is the end of the whip breaking the sound barrier by reaching supersonic speeds

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0E6N TIL Before he became an actor, Vin Diesel once worked as a telemarketer selling light bulbs and mechanics tools. Doing that he managed to raise almost $50,000 and made his first feature “Stray” (1997).
xVkk7 TIL: If a service dog approaches you without an owner, don't ignore or shoo it away. Someone could need serious medical attention.
o9lK TIL Grover Davis survived “revolutionary suicide” at Jonestown because he was hearing impaired and missed the announcement over the loud speaker to assemble in the pavilion and drink poison.
awdrL TIL about "Callin' Oates", an emergency Hall and Oates hotline that you can call to hear 1 of 4 Hall and Oates songs. The number is 719-266-2837
M7mYB TIL the Easter Rising leader was imprisoned in Lincoln Prison, where he became an altar boy to steal the chaplain's key and make a wax mold. He sent its shape by postcard. Friends made the key, hid it in fruitcake and sent it. 3 tries later, he escaped in 1919. He went on to be President of Ireland.