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TIL Rick James and Neil Young were once in the same band and actually lived in the same house.

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x6V6k TIL Silverfish can survive without food for over 300 days if water is available.
gGeb TIL that during American Civil War some soldier’s wounds glowed blue; soldier’s whose wounds glowed had better chance of surviving, and so the glow was called “Angel’s Glow”. Now it is known that the luminescence is due to bacteria that produce antibiotics and that live in nematodes
R7xG8 TIL The Magic School Bus’ theme song was sung by Little Richard
WVJo TIL There’s a gang of jewel thieves called the Pink Panthers. It’s believed they’ve stolen $Billions. Attention to detail is their reason for success. They once painted a bench across from a jewelry store before a robbery, so people wouldn’t sit on the bench (fresh paint) and see them mid-robbery.
EEKP TIL Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie & Emma Thompson all started their career together at Footlights student theater club while at Cambridge university. Same club also gave Simon Bird(The Inbetweeners), John Oliver(The Daily Show) & Douglas Adams(Hitchhickers guide to the galaxy)