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TIL Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” was originally titled “Brown Skinned Girl” and is about about an interracial relationship.

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78wRM TIL the modern banjo is derived from a mix of West African skin instruments and European neck & string instruments. It was first recorded as being used by Caribbean slaves in the 17th century.
NXngb TIL NASA's Gemini 6a astronauts & craft were saved by a fluke. At ignition an electrical plug came off shutting down the engines. Later a dust cover was found left on a gas generator in error. Had the plug not fallen off the furl flow would have been choked, triggering a perilous pad ejection.
pRrb TIL a US Navy battleship was shut down for 3 hours because its computer divided by zero, causing the whole network to crash.
BrD1r TIL that there is more water in the vapor and clouds above the Amazon rainforest than there is in the Amazon river
wonQ6 TIL that Chevron uses the "Standard" name for one gas station in each state it serves, so it doesn't lose the Standard Oil trademark