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TIL that after seeeing Elvis play at a concert in 1957, 15 year old Jimi Hendrix became a lifelong fan, during the concert itself he wrote down the entire line-up of songs he heard Presley sing that night and would play Elvis songs for his friends as an adult.

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neRKG TIL that the total mass of the entire asteroid belt is only about 4% of the mass of Earth's Moon
9XP7 TIL Watermelon originated in Africa
Z8M8R TIL McDonalds intentionally created exactly four different shapes for chicken nuggets. According to the company, “three would’ve been too few. Five would’ve been, like, wacky.”
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