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TIL that in 2008 and at the age of 45, Flea, bass player of the multiplatinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, enrolled as a freshman at University of Southern California's music program to learn the academic side of music.

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j6X7v TIL that during Al-Qaeda volleyball matches, Mohammed Atef and Osama Bin Laden had to be on separate teams due to their skill and stature to ensure fair play.
9w7OD TIL Nellie Bly, the journalist who went undercover as a patient to investigate a mental health asylum, was also the same person to first travel the world in under 80 days
avwM TIL that there is a high school in Freeport, Illinois whose mascot is a pretzel.
ep7DJ TIL The first house in Cleveland to have electricity got its power from the first automatic electric turbine. The turbine was built in 1888 for the home of Charles F. Brush and provide continuous power for 20 years.
xVDO7 TIL that there is a bird called the Cream Coloured Woodpecker, also known as the Pikachu Bird. Males have the same colouration as Pikachu including the red cheeks. These birds are found in South America.