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TIL that Garth Brooks had a goth/soft-rock alter ego named Chris Gaines that was supposed to record 6 albums and star in his own murder mystery in 1999.

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JYvbv TIL Randy Johnson nicknamed his slider "Mr. Snappy"
MLya TIL that the dispute over whether Newton or Leibniz invented calculus was decided by the Royal Society. Newton, as the President, appointed an impartial committee to decide the issue, which concluded in its official report that Newton was the inventor. Newton was the anonymous author of the report.
4X9nb TIL There was a mysterious culture in Eastern Europe between 5,500 to 2,700 BC which constructed sophisticated, organized, densely-populated settlements - only to burn them to the ground every 60-80 years to rebuild the same settlement as before
epyxL TIL Great Britain accidentally adopted a de facto gold standard in 1717 when Sir Isaac Newton, then-master of the Royal Mint, set the exchange rate of silver to gold too low, thus causing silver coins to go out of circulation.
xV7N0 TIL the lined chiton (Tonicella lineata), found in the northern Pacific Ocean, is quite colorful, having blue, purple or black straight or zig-zag lines on each of the eight valves. It mostly feeds on coralline algae. Sea stars are among their natural predators. They grow to about 5 cm (2 in.) long.