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TIL Otis Blackwell wrote Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up & Return to Sender but never met Elvis

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wg4E TIL that before tasting his first cookie that Cookie Monster’s name was Sid
8QOK Til that “Frankenstein” mummies were found in Scotland. 2 bodies made out of 6 people.
kpZ1 TIL Tesla Motors never spent any money on advertising. They put all their money into R+D, manufacturing and design to make the car as good as possible.
8Zx4 TIL That for over 1,000 years a horn has been blown in Ripon every night at 9pm in the four corners of the town square. It is allegedly the longest running unbroken daily ritual in the world.
VBkZQ TIL about London bus driver, Albert Gunter. He found his bus on the London Bridge just was it was opening for a ship. He slammed the gas and jumped the gap. For this, he was given a bonus of £10 (about £290 in today’s money)