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TIL BB King was a licensed pilot and flew to his own gigs up until age 70.

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XppQ TIL Vin Diesel has played Dungeons and Dragons for over 20 years, and even wrote the foreward to “30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons”, commemorating the game’s 30th anniversary
JYagk TIL in 2004, Seth Putnam -- vocalist of the grindcore band Anal C**t, whose offensive song titles included "You're Gay" and "You're in a Coma" -- overdosed and ironically lapsed into a brief coma. He later stated that actually being in a coma "was just as gay [and] fuckin' stupid as I wrote it was."
a8LjA TIL that the Canadian city of Lloydminster is a shared city on the border between two provinces, having a single local government despite residents paying taxes to different provincial governments
4995 TIL that “The Final Countdown” was never intended as a hit, but was intended to be used as an opening for their concerts.
X0QdX TIL Elevators are the safest mode of travel