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TIL Pink Floyd were refused payment after a show in 1966. The club owner claimed “Their performance wasn’t music”. They took him to court and lost

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Ke7E TIL a man in Florida has collected about 15 million golf balls from golf course water hazards in the past 14 years, selling them for up to $2 each.
jpXE TIL that Joseph Goebbel’s step-son, Harald Quandt, owns nearly half of BMW together with his family industrial empire.
NZYE TIL there is a city in Kansas called Gas. Their official motto is “Don’t Pass Gas, Stop and Enjoy It.”
6Erd8 TIL on Kenta Kobashi faced Kensuke Sasaki in a wrestling match where Yoshihiro Takayama, on commentary stated “I hope this never ends.” This was during a chop exchange fans were witness to. Over 180 chops across the chest were exchanged between the two men for nearly 5 minutes.
dpV8 TIL a team of scientists suppressed genes for beak development in a chicken embryo to find out what bird ancestors looked like – and the embryo grew into a chicken with the face of a dinosaur.