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TIL that the main riff from Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple is derived from Beethoven's 5th symphony.

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7rJW7 TIL that in 1985, Xi Jinping spent 2 weeks with a US family in Iowa in order to study US agriculture.
p4OO TIL that on 4 Dec of the Year 292,277,026,596, 64-bit versions of the Unix time stamp will cease to work. This is not anticipated to pose a problem, however, as this is considerably longer than the time it would take the Sun to theoretically expand to a red giant and swallow the earth.
4XA7a TIL Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, could not imagine anyone using the drug recreationally due to its intense and introspective nature.
8akP TIL that in rare cases, popping a pimple in the so-called “danger triangle” can lead to facial paralysis, brain infections/meningitis, and even death.
yVBLJ TIL about Keynesian beauty contests. The economist John Maynard Keynes reckoned stock markets were like beauty contests - instead of selecting the most beautiful contestant, judges tend to pick the one they think other judges are likely to pick.