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TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and performs once a month at a restaurant near St. Louis

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Wkr64 TIL: It's against the law for teachers to strike in Texas and can result in a teacher losing their job, teaching certificate and retirement.
neXW7 TIL about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "the Godmother of Rock and Roll". Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar and her technique had a profound influence on Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Keith Richards
GXAN TIL that a 19-year old Dutch teenager created an invention that could clean up the seas in just 5 years instead of 79 000 years required with the technical means available today
7ragx TIL the film crew of Terminator 2 refused to film the helicopter chase scene because it was so dangerous. James Cameron ended up filming it himself.
Yplor TIL about the "Upside Down Boat Village" in France. Equihen-Plage, a former fishing village on the English Channel with a dry harbor, became a stranded port at the start of the 20th century. Poor families living in the village recovered the boat hulls to build makeshift shelters for themselves.