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TIL Rick Waksman of Yes fame came up with a song on the spot to record in a session, rather than confessing he had forgot to compose it!

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Z8vPD TIL the adapted trucks to be used as mobile gas chambers by the fascist regime in Germany to kill 300,000 were supplied by a Swiss firm which is still in business
R7vn8 TIL The famous Alt+F4 sequence comes from the 1987 standard IBM Common User Access, which influenced most keyboard shortcuts which last till today
AW9g TIL that french poet and novelist Victor Hugo lived his last days in Paris on the “avenue Victor Hugo”, having as his address “Mr Victor Hugo, In his avenue, in Paris”.
b9M7p TIL of the Guaíra Falls, one of the largest waterfalls on Earth that was flooded and lost in order to create a dam
avdA TIL Abe Lincoln once threw a man by the “neck and seat of his pants” for attacking a supporter during his first speech for Illinois General Assembly.