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TIL Paul McCartney agreed to join the board of organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival on the condition that the Jimi Hendrix Experience be invited to perform. They were invited and Jimi ended his performance by lighting his guitar on fire, immediately making him a rock legend.

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8aJva TIL the pink dinosaur in Mario Bros, Birdo, struggles with gender identity and is actually a male. His Japanese name Kyasarin translates to Catherine.
VMDMB TIL a BBC analysis of 19 chocolate products between 2014 and 2018, revealed that 18 of them had shrunk in size. The worst hit by ‘shrinkflation’ in the study was a four-pack of Snickers, which reduced by 28.1%, from 232g to 167g
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BrZ0k TIL that contrary to common misconception, hunters and gatherers are mostly well fed, rather than starving.