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TIL about a charity in the UK ‘adopting’ red phone boxes, removing the phone and installing lifesaving defibrillators instead.

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WG04 TIL - Ginger Baker, Drummer of 60s band Cream, does not receive royalties, despite creating the band and contributing to many of their songs.
d8Xj9 TIL A Device Exists That Can Make People Hear Voices In Their Head That Nobody Else Can Hear.
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