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TIL Actor Steve McQueen narrowly escaped being killed by Charles Manson, because he chose to stay home with a girl instead of going to a party.

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8e0X8 TIL the 1939 Nazi rally at Nuremberg was supposed to be "the Rally of Peace". It was cancelled last-minute because Germany invaded Poland, igniting the Second World War.
wj4E TIL David Cope created a piece of software called Emily Howell, which could analyze sheet music of an artist and then write songs in the artist’s style. When professional musicians and reviewers were asked which song was written by Beethoven and which by Emily, most were unsure or wrong.
looVA Short answer: Yes
rRNQW TIL that in Malmö, Sweden, it's cheaper to buy a grenade on the black market than it is to buy an ice cream cone.
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