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TIL in 2007, a guitar intended for charity and signed by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Bill Wyman, Gary Moore, Pete Townsend & Brian May, was 'lost' when it was given to a parcel company. The guitar appeared 10 years later in an on-line auction and was recovered by the police

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KYb5J TIL that the inventor of the Gibson Les Paul guitar, Les Paul, was a regular visitor at Steve Miller’s childhood home, as Miller’s father was in the music business. When Steve was 6, Les Paul heard him play the guitar, and encouraged him to continue with his interest in guitar.
Bmpy TIL that NBC’s To Catch a Predator conducted a sting operation that resulted in the suicide of a pedophile who was having sexually explicit chats with a decoy posing as a minor.
Z8yOp TIL that the most common and annoying injury astronauts suffer during spacewalks is traumatic fingernail loss, due to the material and internal pressure of their gloves.
GLPN TIL A German student drove up to a Hell’s Angels clubhouse, mooned the group, threw a puppy at them, and escaped on a bulldozer.
W8wN TIL Joseph Stalin ordered the development of a half man half ape, the creature would be resilient to to pain beyond a normal man and would not care about the quality of food given. When Stalins top scientist failed to do so, he had him executed.