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TIL George Harrison could play 26 instruments

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0d6P1 TIL about Rabbi Isaac Ben Samuel of Acre who lived in 14th century Spain and proposed the universe was 15.3 billion years old, not too far off from modern science that says the universe is 13.8 billion years old.
Zkka TIL The total value of unused store gift cards in the USA is over $44billion.
9gN7 TIL that David Bowie released the album Space Oddity nine days before the Apollo moon-landing. It became the unofficial theme of that historic event.
LMNP TIL an Islamic sect had been living in an 8-story underground bunker for more than 10 years including 20 children, some of which had never seen the light of day