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TIL the funk band War started out as a backing band for Football Hall of Famer Deacon Jones.

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Z8RBD TIL about helium-3, an abundant and safe fusion power fuel found in the moon
djKK TIL due to a pharmaceutical labeling error, a woman received severe chemical burns over 80% of her vagina during a routine medical procedure. By way of compensation, the pharmacy that made the error sent her an apology and a $50 gasoline gift card. The woman did not have a car.
P1gLe TIL the London (UK) Fire Brigade receives calls for one e-scooter or e-bike fire every two days
PYbkO TIL that blind people may detect and respond to light if it is a kind of skyblue light at 481nm. "There is more to the eye than rods and cones — the discovery of a third photoreceptor is rewriting the visual rulebook."
GAPM1 TIL Jeff Koons' studio resembles an art factory. He doesn't do the sculpting or much of the painting in his artwork. It's his ideas & standards but artisans do the labor. In 2019, his stainless steel inflatable rabbit resold for $91 million; highest ever paid at auction for a work by a living artist