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TIL Nick Drake recorded the album Pink Moon in 4 hours, with himself on all instruments. It was ranked #48 on Melody Maker’s list of 100 All Time Greatest Albums

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OooQ6 TIL The functions of performing mental arithmetic and regulating our emotions are housed in the same part of the cerebral cortex, and the processes that support one also support the other; which is thought to be why practising mental arithmetic can prevent depression and anxiety.
Eo57 TIL Michael Diamond of the Beastie Boys interviewed “Weird Al” in 1996 and had Spike Jonze (in a neck brace) repeatedly interrupt the interview posing as a crazed fan, and arranged for Yoko Ono to walk by just as Al was talking about being denied permission to parody Beatles songs.
epgng TIL the Amazon river dumps so much fresh water into the Atlantic that it is possible to drink from the surface for about 200 mile offshore
GAVYQ TIL that in the 1960s the BBC refused to play popular music for young people, which created the need for off-shore pirate radio stations
P1aKE TIL that in 2018, the town of Mayo, Florida, temporarily changed its name to Miracle Whip