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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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DQZJ TIL Canadian Mounties started off as the North-West Mounted Police to help protect the aboriginal people from destructive American Trappers.
N7yX6 TIL that of the 77 Olympians competing in the golf tournament at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 74 of them represented the USA and 3 of them represented Canada. Canada won the Gold.
k4ge TIL Mary J. Blige hit her own husband in the face and screamed, “What are you gonna do, Chris Brown me?”
Y7J4G TIL The Sun makes a sound but we can't hear it
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