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TIL prior to their music careers, Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten would often perform Alice Cooper covers on the streets for money. People would pay them to stop.

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9pPr TIL Steven Hawking on the set of Star Trek, passed the Warp Core and said “I’m working on that”
VBgxp TIL that the earliest documentation of distilling water was by the Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle
J1pDl TIL that Mae West was given a bribe of a 1931 Chevrolet Housecar by Paramount, to persuade her to make movies.
QJG9d TIL that ‘The Drinking Man’s Diet’ was the 1960s ancestor to Atkins and paleo. It was based on the observation that alcoholics dranks thousands of calories per day and actually lost weight. It became one of the most popular diets of the decade, selling 2.4 million copies. The author lived 98 years.