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TIL John Mayer became interested in the guitar after watching the prom scene in Back to the Future

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GYV44 Amazon sold someone a Moto Z4 before Motorola has even announced it.
Egkg0 TIL that in 1991, The filming of "Das Boot" was delayed for several weeks, because someone had rented the submarine movie prop to American filmmaker for his own film shooting in the area. This filmmaker was Steven Spielberg and the film he was shooting was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
YmJG TIL that Canada had a top secret list of suspected Communists they intended to detain indefinitely. If they tried to escape, they would be shot… one of the people on that list was Tommy Douglas - the founder of the current Healthcare and CPP programs.
N7yMP TIL about Huey Long, an assassinated senator who advocated for a 30 hour work week and many other progressive policies.
Vn1G TIL the youngest female to give birth Linda Medina was 5 years and 7 months old. In May 1939 she gave birth to a 6LB baby boy named Gerardo.