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Today I learned that Prince recorded a video singing "Starfish and Coffee" with The Muppets which included a Prince Muppet

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Egoro TIL that within the span of two years, Miranda Cosgrove was victim of two stalkers and the last one set himself fire killed himself on her yard.
j6ZkQ TIL At its pinnacle in the late 1980s, waterbeds made up 22 percent of the mattress market in the US
b9Ao0 TIL when filming "The Lost Patrol" in Arizona, the cast only worked in early morning and late afternoon, to avoid the intense day heat. The producer wanted longer filming hours, and to prove his point, walked around in the open at midday. He soon collapsed from the heat, requiring hospital treatment
ADjXa TIL The first commercial plane ever shot down, in 1938, was salvaged from a river bottom, rebuilt, renamed and returned to service only to be destroyed in 1940 in another shooting incident.
x6KG7 TIL that all species of octopus are venomous, but only the Blue Ringed Octopus has venom that can harm humans.