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TIL After fifteen year old Sharon Sheeley was convinced to start songwriting by Elvis Presley, she drove to the house of Ricky Nelson, pretended her car broke down, and suggested he record one of her songs. The song hit #1

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6l78 TIL the community of LexPark in Lexington, Kentucky has instated an annual “Food for Fines” program - a month long food drive that allows people to at least partially pay their parking tickets in canned food, which is then donated directly to area food banks that help feed the needy
4knXw TIL that in 2014 a comet passed extremely close to Mars, nearly equal to 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance. It even heated up Mars upper atmosphere and measurably slowed the orbits of several Mars orbiters.
16reV TIL the sun loses over 4 million tons of mass every second as energy
19GO TIL That orca whales will float on their sides at night and watch the Northern Lights.
W6Po TIL That after Weird Al Yankovic’s parents died while he was in the middle of a tour. He didn’t cancel the tour, saying “I’ve heard from so many people over the years that my music has cheered them up in times of tragedy… well, I thought maybe my music would help me too.”