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TIL: that one of my more liked Joe Satriani songs "Sleep Walk" was originally composed by brothers Santo & Johnny Farina in 1959!

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ADEy7 TIL of Erwin Kreuz, a German tourist who planned to visit San Francisco but accidentally disembarked early, and then spent days looking for the Golden Gate Bridge and other Bay Area landmarks in Bangor, Maine. Amused and touched, Maine residents turned him into a local celebrity.
R7ea TIL of Jambo, a silverback gorilla that, in 1986, protected an unconscious young boy who fell into the enclosure at Jersey zoo from the other, hostile gorillas
8ay78 TIL the same guy that charted with "It Never Rains in Southern California" also wrote "The Air That I Breathe" for The Hollies, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" for Julio Iglesias/Willie Nelson, and "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer as well as the novelty hit "Gimme Dat Ding' for the Pip
nedD9 TIL: A certain species of snake is able to 'fly' by gliding through the air from the tops of trees.
GYWjg TIL the dog name Fido was popularized by Abraham Lincoln’s good boy.