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TIL that Rick James and Neil Young were roommates and bandmates in the mid 60s.

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wowB8 TIL John von Neumann regularly recalled complete novels and pages of the phone directory. He could divide two 8-digit numbers in his head and converse in Ancient Greek at age 6, and was proficient in calculus at age 8. When he enrolled in university at 16, he had already written a research paper.
VO4p TIL that the idea for the South Park episode “Bebe’s Boobs Destroy Society” came from a party Trey attended where he witnessed two drunk friends grunting like gorillas over a woman.
QNxxk TIL Romani people in Turkey
R5xAa TIL The Way I Am by Eminem and The Night Before Christmas use the same rhyming style.
GZ84 TIL Mel Gibson’s ex walked away with more than $400,000,000 during their divorce and is entitled to half of every future check he receives for the rest of his life