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TIL that in 2016, Train released an album covering Led Zeppelin II in its entirety. NY Daily News called it "confusing and unnecessary".

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xVAEg TIL, of Prader-Willi Syndrome. Those affected can never feel full and if let unattended would literally eat until their belly's burst. Sufferers are also afflicted with diminished mental capacity so they can't understand the dangers involved.
oBK18 TIL Bob Seger wrote many of his early songs to impress a girl he loved whose boyfriend was away in military service. However, the girl ultimately married her boyfriend when he came back.
VMknG TIL in 1998, Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of it's characters to Sony for a mere $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spiderman for $10 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him.
J1YYl TIL about Captain Tim Lancaster, a pilot who was SUCKED OUT THE FRONT OF THE PLANE, then grabbed and held by an air steward until the plane landed.
P10ne TIL that when Jose Alfredo Jimenez, the best songwriter that Mexico has had, knew he was going to die, he wrote the song "Gracias" and sang it to his public despite suffering from cirrhosis.