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TIL Chris Stapleton's cover of David Allen Coe's Tennessee Whiskey uses the melody of I'd Rather Go Blind by Etta James, as Stapleton and his band played the song frequently on tour and decided to use it in the eventual cover.

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9nNM TIL of Stephen Wiltshire who draws whole cities from memory. Here he draws a 30 feet panoramic drawing of Rome after visiting it for the first time and memorising within 5 hours.
5Y0k8 TIL Marie Curie died from exposure to X-Rays she performed on soldiers on the front lines in World War One. Not from exposure to radium in the lab as many people assume
v9L TIL Rolex is a lot of hype and became expensive during the 80’s with ‘yuppies’ buying them up. They also are not handmade and are mass produced.
vjGK TIL the ‘Shag Harbor UFO Crash’ (1967, Nova Scotia, Canada) was one of the few such incidents where a Government agency formally declared UFO involvement.
5Q5R TIL Elvis Presley was a huge Monty Python fan. His favorite sketch was “Nudge nudge” to the point that he would adress people as “Squire”.