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TIL Before becoming a successful comedian, Ricky Gervais tried to make it as a musician. This is his new-wave band "Seona Dancing" in the 1980s.

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X5MP TIL that rats will help out a comrade in need. Through testing a two rats, one restrained and one free, researchers found that rats experience emotion beyond emotional contagion. Even going as far to conquer their immobilizing fear and helping another rat in distress.
GYDeg TIL every California license plate since 1947 has been made in the infamous Folsom State Prison, where inmates produce 45,000-50,000 plates each day
XJ7j TIL that in 1957, the KKK planned to set up a burning cross at a college in Alabama that recently integrated. However, because it was finals week, the students were all in their dorms and heard the KKK outside. The students then attacked the KKK with bats and golf clubs and forced them to retreat.
wanJ TIL that the US put a man on the moon before they put wheels on luggage.
bkNE TIL there is a fish that when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire!