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TIL Woodstock Festival took place in the middle of the 68/69 Hong Kong Flu pandemic

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QJdbL TIL Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes went to the same school and once had a rap battle with each other in the cafeteria.According to an interview with MTV, Busta Rhymes competed with Jay-Z and lost to him. Jay-Z was apparently better than him at that time and Busta was soon out of breath.
Jagv TIL while drilling in 1971, Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas until the ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided the best solution was to burn it off but the gas is still burning today.
X0Ok6 TIL in the 80s there was an all-girl skater gang called the Hags
1aeJr TIL Jason Derek Brown shot and killed an armored car guard outside a movie theater. The FBI says he fled with $56,000. Brown resembles a surfer dude and bears such a striking resemblance to actor Sean Penn that the FBI twice mistakenly apprehended the actor’s body double.
R5krw TIL while writing "The Grapes of Wrath", John Steinbeck borrowed from the notes of Sanora Babb without her knowledge. She was using the notes for her own book, which was then shelved by the publisher, and finally published in 2004