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TIL The Travelling Wilbury's first album was recorded at a house where the five guys casually hung out, free form jamming on acoustic guitars with no other instruments. George Harrison then took those tapes to his studio, remastered them, added other instruments and fine polished the album.

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m15EE TIL Denisova Cave in Siberia is the one place where we are sure Homo Sapiens, Denisovans & Neanderthals have lived at one time or another. Though we cannot say if they ever lived there together.
M7Gk7 TIL: PBS interviewed a legendary spy power couple who took turns as the CIA's Chief of Disguise. They invented many works now at the International Spy Museum including "Jack in the Box" a pop up dummy, disguises in painter's case, hidden cameras, and underwear that makes you appear pregnant.
YpR6d TIL of Bobby Dunbar, a 4 year old who disappeared in 1912. 8 months later, he was supposedly found & returned to his family. In 2004, dna proved that the boy wasn’t Bobby. It’s unknown what happened to Bobby & who the little boy who lived as Bobby actually was.
gr559 TIL that Jeanne Calment, the world's longest lived person, recorded and released an electronic, funk, and rap album 1 year before she died, making her the worlds first and only funk artist, electronic artist, and rapper to come from the 1800's
1rkX TIL there is a term called “zugzwang,” to describe a situation in chess where a player would prefer not moving at all when it’s his turn, because moving any piece would worsen his current position. A player who is forced to make a move in this situation is said to be “in zugzwang.”