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TIL Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind was friends with Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes as struggling musicians, and one day they each played each other a new song they made. Those songs were Semi Charmed Life and Whats Up. These two songs they played would help lead to 17 million records being sold.

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EE7 TIL that British people used to have American sounding accents, not the other way around
n8No TIL that in the UK, people with last names descended from Norman Conquerors(Percy, Darcy, Baskerville) are more likely to be wealthy, have better social standing and over-represented in top universities.
VMnPZ TIL Some visitors to Jerusalem go psychotic in the same chilling ways: ditching their family to wander the city alone, preaching sermons at holy sites, obsessing over cleanliness, wearing togas, and shouting scripture. Affects all faiths.
9BjD TIL in 2014, a Stanford study found that walking boosts creative inspiration. The study examined creativity levels of people while they walked versus while they sat. A person’s creative output increased on average 60% when walking – regardless of how they walked (eg, outside or on a treadmill).
1a5yX TIL of Charles Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the Titanic, who forced men to leave the lifeboats at gunpoint so only women and children could board. He was then pinned underwater for some time, until a blast of hot air from the ventilator blew him to the surface.