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TIL “Weird Al” Yankovic was valedictorian of his class before earning a bachelors degree in architecture.

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LvDm TIL the Rolling Stone review for Abbey Road said, “Surely they must have enough talent and intelligence to do better than this,” calling songs on it “so heavily overproduced that they are hard to listen to.” It was later listed #14 on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums list.
VxWD TIL The Word “meme” was coined by Biologist Richard Dawkins to refer to ideas that spread and replicate in a Darwinian fashion
pd04 TIL in 1986 a Kansas sheriff rented a camera and VCR from his local video store, filming a 90 minute sex tape with his wife. Upon returning the equipment, he inadvertently left the tape inside the VCR. Soon enough, his whole town had watched and passed around copies of “The Sheriff Rides Again”.
7OAL TIL that the famous Spider-man Quote “With Great Power, comes Great Responsibility,” was not originally said by Uncle Ben; it’s first appearance was as a caption.
epyBn TIL Burning spent coffee grounds creates the same amount of energy as coal.