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TIL half of Led Zeppelin played on Donovan's Sunshine Superman

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aw76L TIL that the clocks in microwaves and stoves use the frequency of the power grid to keep time instead of quartz crystals. As the frequency can fluctuate, this explains why they keep poor time.
rb8W TIL that on April 18 1930 the BBC reported that there was no news. They then played out with piano music
R7Bx9 TIL Coca-cola originally intended as medicine.Is the ONLY company (US) that can legally import coco leaves. Early Coca-Cola had active amounts of cocaine in it from 1886-1930
PDLE TIL the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Muhammad Ali is the only one that’s placed on a wall and not the ground, because Ali “did not want the name of Muhammad to be stepped on”
p8LQ TIL that the death star trench sequence in Star Wars was inspired by the RAF dam busting missions during WW2