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TIL that the original version of Les Paul guitar nicknamed "the Log" was crafted in an Epiphone factory. Les Paul then approached Gibson but got rejected calling the prototype, "broomstick with a pickup. " It would take a decade before Gibson finally accepts the idea.

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06Dy TIL a man faked mental illness to escape jail, was sent to an asylum and has been trying since to convince doctors he’s sane. He’s been diagnosed a psychopath ‘cause in part, “Faking mental illness to get out of a prison sentence is exactly the kind of manipulative act you’d expect of a psychopath.”
xVBJ0 TIL In 1953, the Canadian government relocated some of the Inuit in Northern Quebec up north to Resolute and Grise Fiord. The relocation has been described as a humanitarian gesture to save the lives of starving native people and enable them to continue a subsistence lifestyle
8eR6G Til that crickets don't actually chirp until they are fully grown
69opQ TIL that Phil Collins played at both Live Aid concerts on the same day at Wembley Stadium and JFK
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