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TIL that, in its 1975 annual opinion poll, Playboy Magazine readers voted Karen Carpenter as Best Rock Drummer of the year, outvoting John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.

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gMNkD TIL about how in 2008 during the macy's thankgiving day parade, during the final performance of the "foster's home for imaginary friends" float the pre-planned musical number, the music was cut, only for Rick Asltey to come out and perform "Never Gonna Give You Up" live
wL1AP TIL that if the tense your legs very hard when you stand up after sitting for a while, you won’t become dizzy or lightheaded
mxw6O TIL the first knights of Korea were all-female. The name of their order was "Flower Girls". Curiously, they didn't change the name when they started allowing men, and thus the first male Knights were called "flower boys".
gMmOW TIL that the quality of a woman’s voice fluctuates through the course of her menstrual cycle with the “best voice” (higher pitch) during the ovulatory phase & “worst” during the premenstrual phase which is referred to as “premenstrual voice syndrome.”
ANZxa TIL - 9/11 led NATO to invoke Article 5 of the Washington Treaty for the very first time in its history.