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TIL that Chris Rock picks small venues (50 people) and shows up unannounced to give new comedic routines (hundreds to thousands) in order to find out what jokes work/doesn’t.

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wKjE TIL that the guitarist of the band ‘Phoenix’ was once in a band with friends/future-founders of 'Daft Punk’. They disbanded shortly after receiving a harsh review from a British music magazine in which the reviewer referred to the band’s sound as “a daft punky thrash”.
m1dVp TIL that horizontal collaboration—French women sleeping with German occupiers—was a major contributor to young men joining the French Resistance
XE4QP TIL about Frisland, a "phantom" island off the coast of Greenland which, despite being nonexistent, was charted on nearly every map of the North Atlantic from the 1560s to the 1660s
R5wo1 TIL that during their time living underground, Cicadas bodies, and their burrows are coated in anal fluids
b6v87 TIL about Tote'm Stores, a convenience store in Dallas, TX, where customers "toted" away their purchases. In 1946, their hours were extended to 7am-11pm, and their name changed to reflect the new hours: 7-Eleven.