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TIL legendary keyboardist and synthesist Rick Wakeman of Yes fame arranged and played piano in Cat Steven's version of "Morning Has Broken". Wakeman would not be paid or credited until after Stevens returned to music decades later as Yusuf Islam.

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E1YmW TIL that there are languages without the terms “Left, Right, Front, and Behind.” These cultures use “North, South, East, and West” their whole lives no matter if they are in a room or in the woods. The result is a compass brain. They always know how they are oriented.
Z8a9Y TIL It is possible to take a 10 hour train ride to a remote First Nations community in northern Quebec, Canada for just $175. The line is native owned with 80% aboriginal employees
Rog7 TIL that the popular concept of “Humans only use 10% of their brain” is a myth and that there’s nothing to suggest that we don’t use 100% of our brains
R8Ra TIL in 1997, the pilot of an A-10 attack jet turned off his radio and transponder for no apparent reason and flew hundreds of miles off course during a training mission, later crashing into a mountainside in Colorado. No explanation for the pilot’s actions was ever found.
9wDLQ TIL October 1985, a Domino’s driver near Pittsburgh rushed to deliver a pizza 23 minutes after the order. He crashed into Frank and Mary Jean's car. After the accident, Domino’s manager allegedly passed the pizza to another driver with the message, "There's still time," prioritizing pizza over life.