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TIL that Tom Petty took guitar lessons from Don Felder.

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W7p8N TIL The US launched a small nuclear reactor into low earth orbit in the 1960s that is expected to remain in orbit for 4,000 years.
P1xae TIL that at the time of The Titanic’s sinking, a magazine story about a ship sinking from an iceberg collision in the Atlantic was out in circulation. The author of this story Thornton Jenkins Hains, was writing under a pseudonym after having been disgraced in society for involvement in a murder.
oRdyK TIL there were just 5 surviving longbows from medieval England known to exist before 137 whole longbows (and 3,500 arrows) were recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose in 1980 (a ship of Henry VIII's navy that capsized in 1545). The bows were in excellent finished condition & have been preserved.
5Y5WR TIL Scooby Doo’s real name is “Scoobert Doo”.
MPMV TIL that Bob Duffey, possibly the world’s best, safest, and most unknown motorcycle stuntman, boasts a career of over 1200 jumps with only 3 crashes having “a record of perfection unequaled by anyone.” At age 66, he still performs motorcycle stunts to this day.