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TIL - Doc Pomus wrote Save The Last Dance For Me on a napkin on his wedding day while watching his wife dance with guests. He was wheelchair bound from polio.

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pYvNN TIL about the Bechdel test. It tries to measure the representation of women in film/fiction by asking if at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man.
KYgY9 TIL that in the 1960s, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead worked for Jimi Hendrix as his roadie and drug supplier for after-show parties. Lemmy later recalled how he got to see Hendrix perform a whole lot - twice a night for about three months.
jNk7n TIL about the sentinel hypothesis: an evolutionary psychology idea that explains why people have different sleep schedules. Night owls and early birds played important roles in early human life.
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