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TIL scuba divers dive backwards to keep boats stable

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ADVJa TIL The original name of the Grateful Dead was the Warlocks. They changed their name when they realized there was another band with the same name. That other band later changed their name to... The Velvet Underground.
a8gLb TIL that Mr. Monk, Tony Shalhoub, was the voice of Luigi in the Disney/Pixar “Cars” franchise
JVn1 TIL Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett was also the co-creator of the surreal, post-apocalyptic comic Tank Girl
lAJ5 TIL that Tupac was first artist to have an album at number one on the Billboard 200 while in prison
j6MWX TIL that during the middle ages it was believed that ringing church bells during thunderstorms would keep lightning away. The practice was abandoned after more than 100 bell ringers were killed by lightning.