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TIL The harmonica player on The Doors Roadhouse Blues was John Sebastian (Creator of Welcome Back Kotter theme song) who used a fake name on the album due to contractual obligations!

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QRVX TIL that Kevin Costner offered CIA operative and watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt $5 million to tell the truth about what happened in Dallas when JFK was assassinated.
rRxQx TIL of “Vicarious Embarrassment”, a condition where an observer shares feelings of embarrassment or cringe when an involved party experiences such feelings.
b69lQ TIL that Canada had a nuclear arsenal until 1984.
8aLdL TIL the Irish & Native Americans have a 2 century-long friendship, which started after the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to survivors of the Potato Famine in 1847, even though they were still reeling from the Trail of Tears
8jrP TIL in China, if a driver strikes a pedestrian, they’re liable to pay for the victims costs for the rest of their life, and as a result, some drivers will run over the victim multiple times to ensure they die thus avoiding a lifetime of payment