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TIL Gerry Rafferty (Stealers Wheels) and Billy Connolly (famous British Comedian) had a band called The Humblebums

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YpGAG TIL John Williams created the original theme song for Lost in Space
6DGQ TIL that ‘TASER’ is actually an acronym for 'Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle’, named by the creator Jack Cover after his favorite childhood character and book.
d89XZ TIL that many heroes hosted the venom symbiote including Rocket Raccoon, Wolverine and Dr. Strange.
69AAY TIL: In 2011, a UK man was legally banned from having sex due to his IQ of 48, the judge stating that despite his sex drive, he didn't have the mental capacity to understand health risks and should not have sex with anyone. This is legal due to the Court of Protection in Britain.
R7wn7 TIL about Harry Wesley Coover Jr who discovered super glue (cyanoacrylate) in 1942. He ignored it as being too sticky for what he needed. He then rediscovered it in 1956 while at Eastman Kodak who put it into production. It gained notoriety in the Vietnam War as a way to close battlefield wounds.