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TIL Eric Clapton is the only 3-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream.

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WkLwN TIL that the chemical chlorine trifluoride, is so flammable it can set virtually anything on fire. In the 1950's, a 1 TON spill of this chemical burned through a foot of concrete, another 3 feet of sand and gravel beneath that, with a side of deadly clouds of corrosive hydrofluoric acid gas.
Oa8L TIL last year the Star Princess, a Princess cruises ship passed by 3 men drifting in a small boat with no motor in the open sea. The captain confirmed he saw the men through his telescope and then did nothing to help. The boat was later found by the Ecuadorean coast guard with only one survivor.
X166 TIL that cellphone companies in the USA employ several myths in order to over charge their customers.
9YkgD TIL that Pope Francis used to work as a nightclub bouncer in Argentina, before beginning seminary studies.
4k66J TIL that upon losing the 2002 Senate Election in Minnesota, Former Vice President Walter Mondale became the first (and only) major party candidate in U.S. History to have lost a general election in all 50 states. He had lost in the other 49 states when he ran against President Ronald Reagan in 1984.