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TIL that following the success of the album "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea," Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum experienced a severe mental health crisis which led to him stockpiling rice in fear of a Y2K-induced apocalypse

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e0QpL TIL that Shantaram Siddi became the first Indian legislator of African descent, when he was appointed as MLC by the ruling BJP in the state of Karnataka on 22 Jul 2020. India has about 50K Siddi people who descended from Bantu people of east Africa, and a third of them call Karnataka their home.
D1YYY TIL: In 1766–1769, Jeanne Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. During most of the trip, she was disguised as a man.
yMkV TIL nearly 75 percent of all holders of bachelor’s degrees in STEM disciplines don’t have jobs in STEM occupations.
KxDR TIL that the directors for Guardians of the Galaxy wrote a script with actual dialogue for Vin Diesel so that he would know what inflections to give when he said his lines as “I am Groot”.
OGb6e TIL that in 1927, Lindbergh flew 3,600 miles solo across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis with no radio, no lights, no parachute, not even a windshield. Just a periscope, a map, a wicker chair, and 33.5 sleepless hours in a cockpit that looked more like a steam engine than a plane.