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TIL that Don McLean was asked to explain what the song ‘American Pie’ meant, he responded with, “It means I’ll never have to work again..”

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M7mr0 TIL Roald Dahl published a short story called "The Great Automatic Grammatizator" about a machine that can automatically produce award-winning books. It ends with the author praying for the strength to "let our children starve" rather than sign over his work to be used in the machine.
m1r7M TIL While in school, Rod Sterling tested experimental parachutes for the Army. He even earned $1,000 testing a new ejection seat that had previously claimed three lives!
b9byp TIL: About aurichalcum (AKA orichalcum), a "lost" precious metal written of in ancient times and now gone to legend. It was considered second in value to gold. The word is used among present-day coin collectors to describe a certain alloy of brass used in Roman-era sestertius and dupondius coins.
m1kQM TIL that cardiovascular disease is strongly correlated with a specific kind of earlobe crease. This crease, between the tragus and outer edge of the earlobe, is called the "Frank Sign"
a84N9 TIL "The Bladerunner" is a medical crime story that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie Blade Runner. The movie is based on a novel called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" The producers just liked the name "Blade Runner" and went with it.