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TIL Bob Marley was never nominated for a Grammy. However, he has 2 albums (Catch a Fire & Exodus) and 3 singles (“Get Up, Stand Up,” “No Woman, No Cry,” & “One Love”) in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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nYrY TIL Harris Rosen, a man that helped Disney launch The Contemporary and The Polynesian hotels was fired right after the projects because he wasn’t a “company man.” He went on to create a scholarship fund for his city with 11MM of his own funds. Crime rates have plummeted and graduation rates soared.
Kby9 TIL That in 2014 there will be an attempt to go over a 1,000 mph. Which will break the sound barrier and set the world land speed record.
ZpZAo TIL that in 1945, a bulldozer in Liverpool uncovered a narrow metal cylinder containing the skeleton of a man. Diaries and other personal effects on the remains strongly suggest that the man died in 1885, but the exact circumstances of how he ended up in the cylinder remain unknown
9YQw7 TIL Ferrari only produced 400 of their iconic 2005 Ferrari Enzo. The first 399 were sold in the public market, with the final 400th being gifted to Pope John Paul II which was then auctioned off for charity for $6M to help the victims of the 2005 tsunami in Southeast Asia.
LE1m TIL that the “Man in the Iron Mask” was based on an actual prisoner in France who was held there for 34 years. He was never seen without a black velvet mask, and no one knows who he really was or why he always wore the mask.