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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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xeyD TIL in 1987 a lone Chilean Flamingo named Pink Floyd escaped from a zoo in Salt Lake City and lived alone in the wild in Utah on the Great Salt Lake, surviving off brine shrimp. He was last seen in 2005, but others have claimed they’ve spotted him since.
NXjoQ TIL that despite debuting in 1963, Cap’n Crunch only just earned his captain bars on May 26, 2024 (64 years later & <300 days ago).
wLb1Y TIL, On Pluto the Sun is just a dot that will hurt to look at.
YpomG TIL, in 2015, brothers John and Geof Bitmead modified a Daewoo Matiz to resemble the red and yellow 'Little Tikes' car. The car cost £30,000 to build, and was put on auction for £21,500; it failed to sell.
kJp95 TIL that the oldest surviving film "Roundhay Garden Scene" is from 1888. It is a 3 second clip of a family in a garden.