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TIL contrary to popular belief, Pazuzu is not a bad demon. He was one of the 'good guys' who would scare away other demons. Pazuzu's unfair reputation comes from the movie 'The Exorcist'

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6EWkY TIL about First Lady Lou Henry Hoover who was the first American woman to earn a geology degree. She spoke 5 languages fluently and is the only first lady to speak an Asian language. She established the American Women's War Relief Fund, founded the National Women’s Conference on Law Enforcement.
MGAV TIL there exists an image of Columbia space shuttle reentering atmosphere just before it disintegrated. It was snapped casually by people in Kirtland Air Force Base testing their tracking telescope.You can see debris stream out from left wing.
loWEr TIL Duffy disappeared from the public because she was drugged, kidnapped and abused for 4 weeks
J18x4 TIL that Robbie Williams covered "She's the One" without the original artist's permission, and deliberately angers him further by claiming to have written it when introducing the song live
ZKkR TIL David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, fought so hard to prevent FM Radio from succeeding that the inventor of FM Radio, Edwin Howard Armstrong, commit suicide because of emotional and financial distress…brought on by RCA lawsuits.