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TIL Pinkpop is the oldest and longest running annual dedicated pop and rock music festival in the world.

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LGWd TIL Owen Wilson was replaced by Matthew McConaughey in Tropic Thunder after Wilson’s trouble with major depression
BgyxD TIL that the red spot on Jupiter is, in simple terms, a storm larger than earth that’s lasted for 150+ years
x6bZo TIL The man who sold the world was a David Bowie song. Three decades of my life were lived in dank ignorance 🥲
97Q6 TIL that roughly 93% of Idaho’s net electricity generation came from hydro-electric dams, making it the top state for renewably generated energy in the US.
0w5vR TIL that in 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines caused a volcanic winter which cooled global temperatures by about 1.3°F (0.7°C) for several years. On June 20, 1992, the high temperature in parts of Michigan was only 51°F (11°C).