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TIL The Blind Boys of Alabama is an American gospel group started in 1939 that is still active today.

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R5dva TIL William the Conqueror had a son named Richard who was killed in a freak accident as a teenager, struck by an overhanging branch while riding.
wolWY TIL Descartes was about to publish "The World" in 1633 but then he learned that Galileo had been condemned for publishing the view that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Descartes suppressed his book but still hoped that his physics would one day be taught in Catholic schools
JYMvl TIL That There Were Men Castrated in Childhood to Keep Their Prepubescent Voices: "Castrato". Apparently it was because women weren't allowed to sing in the church at the time, so this was their solution to still achieve "women'-like sounds"
v1YrB TIL the 80+ year old rumor of stores giving away free Tootsie Pops, when customers brought in a wrapper with a shooting star, was never endorsed by Tootsie Roll Industries.
MeL0K TIL that while in hiding, Osama Bin Laden did the same stuff we do in quarantine. His computer revealed that he was into gaming, binging shows and learning how to crochet.