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TIL Jimi Hendrix never had a #1 single. Or even in the top 10. His highest charting single reached #20.

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N7AOe TIL that the current 50-star American flag was designed by a kid in high school.
OoBDe TIL in 2011, an Indiana woman was charged with feticide after a failed suicide attempt led to a miscarriage.
xVD1k TIL of the Octopus Stinkhorn. The fungus erupts from the egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms. The arms unfold to reveal a pinkish-red interior covered with a dark-olive spore-containing gleba. In maturity it smells like putrid flesh.
16654 TIL that there are some elephants who learn to paint, and some even make pictures of elephants
awMob TIL for over 70 years, allied navy ships in the Pacific fought over a photo of actress Esther Williams. Ships officers would steal or take it by force, and display it in their ship’s officers mess. It was retired in 2013 after Esther Williams died.