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TIL that Freddie Mercury abandoned recording demos with Michael Jackson in 1983 because Jackson insisted on keeping his llama with him in the recording studio.

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Y70Jd TIL that Making Predictions Impedes the Formation of Memories.Trying to predict what is going to happen next in any given moment impedes your brain’s ability to encode your current moment in memory.
e00Vg TIL On Nov. 2, 1948 Harry S. Truman won the election for POTUS, but the Chicago Tribune went to press in the early morning saying Dewey had won!
RbXQ TIL the CIA attempted to discredit Castro by making his beard fall off.
d8JrE TIL Australia instigated the first naval attack in WW1 where German Steamer SS Pfalz surrendered after being fired on by Fort Nepean in south of Melbourne, Victoria.
R7d04 TIL scientists scanned the brains of lifelong bullies and found that they are physically small