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TIL Dave Grohl was invited to join “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” in 1994, but declined due to the upcoming debut album of Foo Fighters.

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yQjv TIL that in order to get around the constitutional limits on copyright the MPAA president proposed to make it last “forever minus one day”
OoJM4 TIL about gleaning, collecting leftover crops from farmers fields after they have been commercially harvested or not profitable to harvest. It is described in the Hebrew Bible that became a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a number of Christian kingdoms
v1e8D TIL Great white sharks used to be considered apex predators until it was discovered that they are occasionally eaten by killer whales.
Y7aYB TIL Monique Richard set out to be the first female to summit Canada's highest peak, Mt Logan, but needed rescue before she reached the peak. As of 2019, climbers were no longer permitted to summit Mt Logan by themselves, under any conditions.
jjen TIL in 1974 a newscaster committed suicide during a live broadcast. Her last words were “In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in ‘blood and guts’, and in living color, you are going to see another first—attempted suicide.”