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TIL that the titular restaurant of the song "Tom's Diner" is the same one used for exterior shots of the diner in "Seinfeld"

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MeMBV TIL That after meeting a poor Ethiopian coffee farmer, actor Hugh Jackman created a coffee company to help farmers in developing countries sell their product in the US
eQ9g TIL when Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors & former teammate of Michael Jordan, was in college his dad was assassinated by extremists in Beirut. During a subsequent basketball game opposing fans chanted “your father’s history” while a teary eyed Kerr scored 20 points in the first half.
wLnYP TIL that for 25 years, two brothers re-gifted each other the same pair of pants, in increasingly inventive and difficult packaging, including a 600lb safe, a double-glazed window, a 16-foot rocket ship, and a crushed car, with a card that read "Merry Christmas, the pants are in the glove box".
Z8xvG TIL that Helen Keller was a radical socialist, birth control supporter, and helped found the ACLU in 1920.(Corrected title)
DQpoj TIL in 1966, the Doors’ were lacking material, and so Jim Morrison asked the other band members to write a song. That same night, guitarist Robby Krieger wrote a song and titled it “Light My Fire.” It became their first ever hit, spent 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard, and launched the band to stardom.