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TIL there is actually a Lime Disease, not caused by deer ticks, but by exposure to lime juice and UV light

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D1Yxj TIL: From the 1500’s - 1800’s tomatoes were usually only consumed by the poor because they were considered poisonous to the rich. The high lead content of pewter silverware and plates would leech into high acidic foods when eaten causing poisoning and death.
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
PYZPG TIL American blues musician Robert Johnson was said to have sold his soul to the devil. The story is that he went to the crossroads near a plantation at midnight and met the devil, who took his guitar, tuned it, played a few songs, and handed the guitar back, granting him mastery of the instrument.
DVQr TIL Frank Zappa was so astounded by the success of “Bobby Brown”, especially in Scandinavia, that he wanted CBS to hire an anthropologist to study why the song became such a big hit.
gjgD TIL Eye-wear is getting too costly because a single company Luxottica controls 80% of the major brands in the $28 billion global eyeglasses industry.