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TIL Dan Aykroyd is a co-founder of the House of Blues chain

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A4OB TIL the term “outsider art”, which describes art by self-taught individuals who have little or no contact with the mainstream art world. Outsider art is often recognized for its childlike simplicity and unconventional ideas. In many cases the artists work is only discovered after their deaths.
negb7 TIL that the first self help book was called Self-Help and was written by Dr. Samuel Smiles who coined the phrase "God helps those who help themselves."
XEmgR TIL that after Stephen Fry described God - if God existed - as a maniac he was criminally investigated for blasphemy, but the investigation was dropped when they didn’t find enough people who were outraged by his comments.
0dmlA TIL a third of the metal used to make the Tokyo tower came from damaged American tanks from the Korean war (1950-1953).
Zw14 TIL a homeless alcoholic survived 9 deadly attempts on his life as an insurance scam by the owners of a local bar. The scammers originally tried to get him to die of alcohol consumption; after every attempt, he returned for more free drinks.