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TIL That Jimi Hendrix was thrown out of the Army for masturbating in the platoon area while supposed to be on detail”.

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Xb0D TIL that there was a 5th element along with earth, wind, fire and water which was called an æther. An aether was referred to as anything of natural phenomena, such as light or gravity.
wMlE TIL that Cheech Marin beat both Anderson Cooper (Yale graduate) and Aisha Tyler (Dartmouth graduate) at Celebrity Jeopardy.
X00LP TIL George E. Edmondson Jr., "Mr. Two Bits", was an unofficial cheerleader for the Florida Gators college football team. He led a traditional "Two Bits' cheer" at almost every Gator home game from 1949 until his retirement in 2008.
wLX76 TIL of Bridget Driscoll, the first UK pedestrian to die from a petrol-engine car accident after it struck her going the "reckless pace" of 6 km/h. After her death, the coroner said he hoped "such a thing would never happen again"
e01L4 TIL of Labi Siffre. Dr. Dre wanted to sample his 1970s song "I got the..." for Eminem's "My Name Is" but Siffre, openly gay, initially refused, demanding sexist and homophobic lyrics be removed. Dre and Eminem made changes and the song became a massive hit.