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TIL Comedian Steve Martin plays the banjo and won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album in 2009

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JY68m TIL Breast milk saved 16 people lost at sea. 2 days after their food ran out a woman told her sister to try her milk. She felt better and offered it to everyone else. The 8 men and 7 women took turns sucking her breasts and were able to survive for 7 more days until currents pushed the boat to shore
WL54 TIL: Thomas J. Grasso wanted SpaghettiOs for his last meal, but he was given Spaghetti instead. He wanted the press to know this.
XE6OR TIL that street names follow a specific pattern. A Road connects two points. Street is a public way with buildings on both sides. Avenue is a public way often in a city, usually with trees or buildings on the side. Lane is a narrow road, often in a rural area, court ends in a circle or loop
wLQvY TIL in 2016 a British reality show about surviving the wilderness of the Scottish highlands, but was cancelled after 4 episodes. The producers decided not to tell contestants that the show had been cancelled and allowed them to continue living in the wilderness for over a year to no end.
M7Y1V TIL Einstein rented an apartment in Bern on the second floor from 1903 to 1905, considered his “crucial years” and it is now a restored museum. Despite working a 48 hour week at the Patent Office and juggling life with a new wife and baby, Einstein still managed to create paradigms in physics