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TIL That Crosby Stills Nash and Young performed at both Woodstock 69 and 94 as well as Live Aid making them the only group to do so

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GYx0J TIL that in 2007, Monty Python members Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam led a group of 5,567 people to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest coconut orchestra. They played "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life."
GAKO4 TIL when you cross a Zebra and a Donkey they make a Zonkey because they belong to the same genetic group but only when it is sired by a male Zebra with a female Donkey. If it's a male Donkey and female Zebra their offspring is known as a Zedonk.
R7XOQ TIL: sleeve Chevrons used in military rank insignias typically point down in the US Navy & US Air force & Commonwealth countries. In the US Army & US Marine Corps Chevrons point up.
78lnM TIL Michael Caine legally changed his name to Michael Caine to help get through airport security quicker. He would have to waste a lot of time proving that his legal name was Maurice Joseph Micklewhite.
88ba TIL the record for the longest recorded sniper kill was set last year at 2.8 Km or 1.8 miles, by an undetermined Australian sniper in the War in Afghanistan.