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TIL when Martin replicated Joan Baez's Martin 1929 0-45 (purchased in 1962), they included a replica of the note "Too bad you're a communist" which they found inside her original guitar. It was put there by some unidentified repair person sometime in that guitar's 40-ish year career.

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epMxE TIL that The Offspring used the same spoken word sample on their hit "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" (released in 1998) as Def Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" (released in 1983). The spoken word sample was just jibberish made up by Def Leppard's producer because he did not want to use the standard 1-2-3 count
woMA7 TIL that tabloid newspapers take their name from medicines. The first pills were known as "tabloids" of compressed powder for easy administration. Tabloid newspapers got their name because they are condensed stories and are "easier to swallow" than normal newspapers.
9YkG6 TIL that there is a Gary Gygax memorial where people ask to have their dice blessed by the spirit of the man who created D&D
R7bGj TIL that Scottish fold cats are banned by the UK's pedigree cat registry because a genetic mutation that make their ears folded and their faces so cute also causes distortion of their limb bone shapes and severe painful arthritis.
a8PR0 [TIL] How to create a deep analysis agent, just like Perplexity's deep search feature