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Today I learned of Pat Martino, a jazz guitarist who, after a brain aneurism, completely forgot how to play the guitar. He then relearned from scratch by listening to his own recordings.

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xjW1 TIL Dennis Rodman paid for the funeral of a Texas man who was dragged behind the vehicle of white supremecists.
x6y8b TIL January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP).
Wkyd TIL that in 2011, two Domino’s Pizza Store Managers were charged with arson after burning down a nearby Papa John’s in Southern Florida
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0d4pp TIL the University of Western Ontario has a wind tunnel big enough to hold a two-story house. The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes is used to test the effects of hurricane-strength wind and windborne debris on structures. Weather aficionados call it the "Three Little Pigs Project."