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TIL Queen guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist and member of the NASA team that interprets data from Pluto.

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R7AZ4 TIL the inventor of the windshield wiper was also the most acclaimed classical pianist of his time, Jozef Hofmann, praised by the likes of Rachmaninoff, patented many mechanics for Steinway
wGlE TIL Scandinavians have a right to travel freely across their countries including camping on others privately owned property
rNRPx TIL that In 1959, Turkish Prime Minister at that time had plane crash while on his way to London to sign the London Agreement on the Cyprus issue, survived from the wreckage and signed the agreement in hospital some days later.
BrKYk TIL that a retailer was purchased for £340 million, and two years later, sold for £1
N7MKM TIL a carpenter in Latvia made a "Rabbit Village" with more than 65 breeds of rabbits and 30+ miniature houses done in the traditional Latvian style.