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TIL Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire” was inspired when the band went to bass player, Noel Redding’s mother’s house. Jimi said “Let me stand next to your fire” so he could warm up. The family dog was laying in front of the fire, which is where the line, “Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over.” comes from.

vPgL8 TIL About the French Gratitude Train
kOD61 TIL That Hawaiian pizza was invented by a Greek person living in Canada in the 60s
QN79 TIL John Travolta was originally asked to star in the movie “Forrest Gump”, but turned it down. He later regretted his decision.
y068 TIL that when the Dutch found the Dodo Birds, they named them “Dodaersen”, which translates to “Fat asses”.
m14gp TIL that an average enterprise toolkit accounts for from 67 to 177 software applications.