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TIL The Beastie Boys used to open for themselves in disguise as a heavy metal band

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GAQp4 TIL Men should not try to "save up" sperm when trying to get their partner pregnant. Sperm quality significantly decreases after 7-10 days of abstinence.
nWepb TIL: In 1909, Helen Taft, wife of President William Howard Taft, drove an electric car. It was a Baker Motor Vehicle and one of the cars in the White House fleet.
WV98 TIL, During the 1970’s the Russian space agency had a orbiting station which was armed with a 30mm cannon for ‘self defence’ and was test fired during it’s last mission.
LQENm TIL The New Schubert Edition, the major publication of Schubert’s available works, is scheduled to be finished with over 100 volumes in 2027, 71 years after it started - and thus have taken more than twice as long to complete as Schubert himself lived (31 years).
P11oE TIL that Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger" first appeared as Maid Marian's horse in the 1939 version of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland, The horse's original name was "Golden Cloud".