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TIL that a woman driving to Dave Matthews concert stopped to help a stranded cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews himself. The woman got front row tickets, backstage access and Dave took her boyfriend and her for dinner

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nQwd TIL that Saltwater Brewery in Florida makes biodegradable and edible six-pack rings as a “creative and sustainable alternative to the standard six-pack ring.”
e0pEJ TIL As well as being a painter, Edgar Degas Degas developed a passion for photography
ND8N TIL in the 1920s, as a joke, newly hired engineers at General Electric would be told to develop a frosted lightbulb, which the experienced engineers believed to be impossible. In 1925, newly hired Marvin Pipkin got the assignment, and astonished his peers by succeeding.
oRjjW TIL that Henry IV (1367-1413) was the first English King to speak English as his native language following the Norman Conquest of 1066
E1dPp TIL that men using a laptop on their laps will overheat their testicles (scrotal hyperthermia), even if they use a pillow or a pad underneath. Leg position played a far bigger role -- and is why most men spread their legs far apart.