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7QxO TIL a young Elvis Presley was told to “stick to driving a truck” at a failed audition in 1954. 2 years later he was a worldwide superstar.
PYYOV TIL There is a movie called "Rubber" and it's about a car tire that kills people.
kOnRE TIL despite graduating magna cum laude in 2007 with a 3.8 GPA, J. Cole officially received his degree in a homecoming concert in 2015 due to money owed for a library book.
v1e0j TIL of the Eidophone, an instrument which created images from the interaction of voice and materials. Inventor Margaret Watts-Hughes, a Welsh singer, was working with a device similar to Bell's Photophone when she noticed perfect geometrical patterns formed according to clarity and calibre of voice.
N7akP TIL that there's less than 2000m2 (a third of an american football field) of arable land left in the world per head.