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TIL David Grohl dropped out of high school and doesn’t know how to read music, he plays his music by ear.

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nLNb TIL that the “ashes” you get after cremation is crushed bone, as the rest of the body (organic matter) vaporizes at the high temperatures.
P1Pxw TIL that Oscar Wilde did boxing whilst at university, and once defeated by himself, four students who attempted to ambush Wilde.
EmK0 TIL Werner Heisenberg, the creator of quantum mechanics, said, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”
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