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TIL that it costs $75,250 to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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dDAb7 TIL Berry Oakley, bassist of American rock band "The Allman Brothers Band", died in a motorcycle accident in 1972, just three blocks from where his fellow bandmate Duane Allman also died in a motorcycle accident the year before. Both Berry and Duane were 24 at the time of their deaths.
4klrg TIL during the Vietnam War, pilot Bob Pardo used his F-4 Phantom II aircraft to physically push his wingman's heavily damaged Phantom through the air to friendly airspace to avoid them having to bail out over North Vietnamese territory, even when his own jet's engine caught fire
aGaL TIL that telling other people about your goals gives the illusion you’re closer to achieving them, making you less likely to complete them
69KbJ TIL about Teniky, a set of mysterious stone ruins in a remote part of inland Madagascar, which recent research suggests was built by medieval Zoroastrian Iranian settlers
JvWm TIL researchers studied cats viewing photos of various bearded men. Cats viewing long beards exhibited paralysis and signs of severe neurological distress. Researchers concluded cats don’t like men with long beards, are indifferent to short beards, and disturbed/confused by incomplete beards