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TIL that Otis Redding’s iconic song 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay' was recorded just days before he died in a plane crash, and it became the first posthumous number-one single in the U.S.

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jRYQ TIL that the Indian army uses the world’s hottest chili pepper to make non-lethal grenades.
KWBG TIL president JFK refused to let Sammy Davis Jr perform at the white house because he was black and married a white woman
d8k8r TIL of The Silurian Hypothesis, which is a thought experiment that assesses modern science's ability to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization, perhaps several million years ago.
LkjYv TIL that there was a mysterious case where you testicles would grow uncontrollably
pYAvb TIL in 2007 Dr. Elena Bodnar patented a brassiere design that allows the cups to be separated and used as emergency face masks -- one for the wearer of the bra, and one for a needy bystander