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TIL Brian Eno has described himself as a "non-musician".

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p80m8 TIL that Egyptians of both sexes wore makeup.
VM07m TIL Kevin Smith opened his home to Stan Lee after reports of elder abuse.
R7JjQ TIL twins Grace and Virginia Kennedy (b. 1970) were often left alone with their German speaking grandmother as children and as a result developed their own secret language. They used it til they were about 8 when they were forbidden to by their father. They called each other "Poto" and "Cabengo".
loGDa TIL, that only female papaya trees give fruit but they need male flowers to pollinate them.
5KB8 TIL a 2013 BBC study found that 56% of pilots fell asleep while flying, and 29% had woken up to find the co-pilot also asleep.