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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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JYERj TIL a boy lived for 12 years with only the brain stem, a condition called anencephaly that usually kills before childbirth.
GANW7 TIL due to variances in Earth's orbit, in the northern hemisphere the day with the earliest sunset IS NOT December 21st. In fact in USA it occurs in early December and varies +/-2 weeks depending on your location
OX6R TIL that the Bubonic Plague aka ‘Black Death’ epidemic of the 14th Century was so widespread partly because Pope Gregory IX had declared cats to be associated with devil worship. Because of this, cats across Europe faced a mass extermination which in turn helped infected rats to thrive.
a8VBy TIL hair smells bad when burned because keratin needs large amounts of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine for polymer crosslinking, which give it it's rigid properties
epMw5 TIL Anyone in the US can sign up to get a free horse through the Wild Horse and Burro program, provided they have the means to store and care for it.