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TIL Pink Floyd guitarist turned a ‘grand houseboat’ on the River Thames into a floating recording studio called The Astoria.

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yQGDl TIL that Martha MacIsaac (Becca in Superbad) and Emma Stone became best friends while shooting Superbad to the point they lived together for years after filming ended
woKZ1 Today I learned: The Capuchin Monkey is the most intelligent of the American Monkeys.
PY4Nw TIL Canadian author, Markoosie Patsauq published the first Inuktitut language novel in 1974. Patsauq wrote the coming of age story Harpoon of the Hunter in 1969 when he worked as a pilot (the first Inuk pilot in Canada), using material he had heard from family members
mgAP TIL a World’s Biggest Liar is an annual competition for telling lies, held in Cumbria, England. Politicians and lawyers are not allowed to enter the competition, because “they are judged to be too skilled at telling porkies”.
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