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TIL Dave Grohl wrote and recorded the entire Foo Fighters debut album in six days all by himself

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m1wkv TIL that before Esther Williams became an actress, she planned on competing in the 1940 Olympics, but the Olympics games were cancelled that year due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
1N8 TIL that Grant Imahara from Mythbustes was a controller for the R2D2 model for “The Phantom Menace”
Bvnk TIL that Yuri Gagarin’s heart was beating at 64 beats per minute just half an hour before the launch that would bring him to space. 64 BPM is lower than the average person’s pulse just after waking up in the morning
PYwrG TIL Thailand declared war on USA on 25 January 1942, but the Thai ambassador to USA, Seni Pramoj, refused to deliver the declaration of war. Instead he started organizing a resistance movement against Japan, the Free Thai Movement.
4k8vb TIL that in Australia, there exists an park with giant swings, slides for adults