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TIL the most collected person or group on Discogs, a renowned comprehensive music database, is not a performing artist but mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, who has 13 Grammys and nearly 8,000 credits, including work with acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Elton John, Metallica and Daft Punk.

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E1EEo TIL that in 18th century, the King of Sweden conducted an experiment to prove that caffeine was dangerous. It used two pairs of twins, each with one twin drinking three pots of coffee and the other three pots of tea for the rest of their lives. They all outlived the king and every doctor involved.
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