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TIL Izzy Stradlin returned to the Guns N' Roses writing team in 1995, recording ten demos with Duff and Matt. All but one were rejected by Axl, none were released.

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WomB TIL - There is an “Edible Park” in Ashville, NC. It has over 40 different fruit and nut trees that the public is allowed to go and pick fresh fruits from.
XKvD TIL the first and last British soldiers that died in WWI are, by coincidence, buried 15 feet away from each other.
VM4jp TIL The 1933 worlds fair began by focusing the light from only the 37 light year distant star Arcturus onto photoelectric cells using telescopes. The resulting current switched on the floodlights at the exposition grounds.
pkZe TIL that the Brooklyn Dodgers (now the LA Dodgers) were originally named after the residents of Brooklyn who had to dodge trolleys on the busy city streets.
ZpA1B TIL after a disease, this man’s memory functions were affected so badly that he can’t retain new memories and can only remember 7-60 seconds of memory before resetting