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TIL 'Lav mic' is the personal microphone people refer to, not 'live mic'

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XB6Q TIL that profiles of Hitler in the 1930s in Vogue, Life, and Home and Garden praised his refinement, gentle repasts, unpretentious hospitality and love of sweets.
wr96 TIL in 1973, a nurse in India was reduced to vegetative state after she was choked with a “Dog Chain and sodomized” by the hospital’s sweeper. The convict served 14 yrs sentence, while she still continues to be in the same state after 42yr. Supreme Court declined plea for euthanasia by an activist
jvDM TIL that the reason Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back started with Luke being attacked by a Wampa is because Mark Hamill had been in a car crash at the end of filming of A New Hope which caused damage to his face. Lucas wanted to justify Mark’s new look
OGPxX TIL when drummer Eric Carr joined Kiss in 1980, his original choice for a stage name was Rusty Blade, before Gene Simmons talked him out of it
OG6jX TIL There have not yet been any major medical emergencies in space, but astronauts are trained to deal with them. ISS astronauts have developed a way to perform CPR in zero gravity by bracing their legs on the ceiling while pushing down on the patient on the floor below