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TIL that Metallica's Enter Sandman riff was inspired by the Soundgarden album Louder than Love

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XQKX TIL Richard Feynman made one mistake in his Feynman’s Lectures book and one student got her answer wrong in a exam. To her Feynman wrote “In science, believe in logic, not in authorities; I goofed and you goofed it too for believing me”
7r16M TIL that the Australian island state of Tasmania has an 85-metre land border with Victoria due to a surveying error
yVGEX TIL Stephen Hawking's wife Jane offered free room-and-board at their home to students who would help care for her husband. Stephen needed fulltime help with dressing, bathing, and did not want help from anyone other than Jane
LQxy0 TIL that Ian Fleming (who created James Bond) also wrote Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.
rJwM TIL After an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City, nearly all newborn babies survived a collapsed hospital. They are known as “Miracle Babies” for surviving 7 days without nourishment, water, warmth or human contact.