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TIL pineapple scales form diagonal rows corresponding with numbers in the Fibonacci sequence

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b97r7 TIL the only band to turn down touring with David Bowie was the one and only Kraftwerk in 1976.
m1xYv TIL of Shi Pei Pu, a Chinese Opera Singer turned spy who obtained secrets from a French embassy worker for twenty years by masquerading as a woman during their sexual affair. He even took a child and pretended it was theirs.
JV8V TIL that Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in 2008. Yahoo rejected the offer stating it massively undervalued the company.
P1p4w TIL that a professional wrestling pay-per-view event jointly produced by Japan and the United States was held in Pyongyang, North Korea in 1995. It was called "Collision in Korea", and holds the record for the largest attendance of a pro wrestling event in history
YrEr TIL The reason for the aliens in Indiana Jones 4 was George Lucas. Spielberg didn’t want “aliens or inter-dimensional beings.”