Post * rR7jo — Curious Curator

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TIL that Green Day's Billie Jo Armstrong recorded a solo song called "Look for Love" at age 5, which was released as a single in 1977.

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XELE8 TIL Musician Ed Sheeran cured his childhood stammer by rapping to Eminem. He went on to win an award from the American Stuttering Institute.

ANoRn TIL that there is a "magic clap" for ending parties swiftly and respectfully.

Wk08Y TIL that Alan Silvestri, composer for the soundtrack to 'Back to the Future' and 'The Avengers', learned to score a film from a book on film scoring. He bought it the night before a meeting with the producer of 'The Doberman Gang'

R58b9 TIL a study found that men wash their hands much less often than women after using the bathroom. 15% of men don’t wash their hands at all. Of those me. that did, only 50% used soap. 7% of women didn’t wash and 78% used soap.

VMRxm TIL Jacklyn Lucas joined the Marines at age 14 (via forged documents). He saved 3 comrades in Iwo Jima when 2 grenades landed near them, by pushing one into ash/sand and covering it with his body, and pulling the other one beneath him. One exploded. He survived and earned a Medal of Honor at age 17.