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TIL That no one in the Doobie Brothers are named Doobie or are brthers , Instead they are named that because they smoked a lot of weed .

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Dmjr TIL that when the members of Steely Dan found out that the plot of “You, Me and Dupree” was stolen from one of their songs they wrote a letter demanding that Owen Wilson come to one of their concerts and apologize onstage or they would have one of their roadies beat him up.
6rn7 TIL that a number of US states tax illegal drugs. You can buy drug stamps anonymously which you should keep with your stash, should it be seized you won’t have to face some fines if you have at least paid the right tax.
VMveZ TIL the Senate of Zimbabwe reserves 2 seats for people with disabilities and 18 for traditional chiefs. Currently 21 out of 80 senators are women.
vPyl7 TIL that a tool for conversing with PDFs, so you can upload the papers or materials you want to read and then engage in dialogue and summarization.
jvpj TIL when asked if Bert and Ernie’s characters were gay, Sesame Street President Gary Knell replied “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”