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TIL That musicians have the legal right to carry their instrument on board a plane without an additional baggage charge. (Pages 74-75)

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Rdg6 TIL that Oxford University is at least 400 years older than the Aztec Empire
GG41 TIL that ‘Mein Keimpf’ by Adolf Hitler is the second-worst rated book on GoodReads. Number one is 'Dianetics’ by L. Ron Hubbard.
D1j5r TIL author C.S. Lewis wrote upon arriving in England that "the strange English accents with which I was surrounded seemed like the voices of demons. But what was worst was the English landscape."
0wOlL TIL that after the famous "More Cowbell" SNL sketch with Christopher Walken ended with "RIP Gene Frenkel" on the screen (underneath Will Ferrell's character), fans have often expressed their sympathies to Blue Öyster Cult over his death, believing the fictional cowbell-shredding artist was real.
GRV4 TIL that the role of Red Forman, on “That ‘70’s Show”, was originally suppose to go to Chuck Norris.