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TIL: Steve Martin has a band, and they are just delightful.
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TIL Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was used to train medical professionals to provide the right number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR, due to its bassline having a tempo close to that recommended by the British Heart Foundation.
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TIL sax player (and Keith Richards' best friend) was fired from the Rolling Stones 1973 tour after being found in a bath tub filled with Dom Perignon champagne. Because the cost of the champagne was deducted from his pay and he made no money for the tour.
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TIL in 1999, They Might Be Giants became the first major-label recording artist to release an entire album exclusively in mp3 format
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TIL About rat lung disease in slugs. You should never handle a slug, as they carry a multitude of diseases including rat lung. This can paralyze you and even kill you if contracted.
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TIL of Feretron dance - a tradition of moving (bowing) a feretron, mobile relgious icon, in a dancing manner. It originates from Wejherowo Poland and is still practiced today.