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TIL Jim Varney (of Earnest P. Worrell fame) was an accomplished Appalachian dulcimer player and played on the final episode of the Chevy Chase talk show

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699MW TIL about Bob Lemmons, an expert "Mustanger." Freed by the Civil War, he learned to tame horses. Usually herds of wild mustangs were run down by groups, but Lemmons worked alone. Riding with the herd for several weeks, he'd gradually take over, mount the stallion and lead the horses into a corral.
rQn0 TIL Enzo Ferrari insulted a tractor driver named Ferruccio Lamborghini who in response founded Lamborghini.
4kpn6 TIL a man suffering from fatal familial insomnia, a condition whereby you become biologically incapable of sleep, attempted vitamin therapy, sensory deprivation, narcoleptics, and anesthesia to sleep, which prolonged his life by 12 months.
rB00 TIL Most cars on the road in Cuba are Classic Cars, due to the Embargo not allowing the import of cars newer than 1959. This restriction was lifted in 2011.
9DP6 TIL there are still 10 people in the world living in an iron lung, including a man in Dallas.