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TIL That at most of his concerts, Billy Joel gives his front row rickets away randomly to people in cheaper seats, so the front row isn’t filled with wealthy people, or “gold chainers,” as Joel calls them.

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v1L1D TIL R2D2 was controlled by a man inside its body; Kenneth George Baker was an English actor and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Labyrinth.
pYdG4 TIL Australia has a public collection programme for funnel-web spiders. The public are asked to catch the deadliest spider in the world (capable of killing a child in 15 minutes, and has fangs that can pierce toenails) and take them to designated points. They are milked for the anti-venom programme.
vpbK TIL JFK’s elder brother Joseph was groomed and predicted to be President but he was killed in WW2, transferring the expectations to the younger JFK
5YKPB TIL That your brain doesn’t stop developing at the previously thought age 21-24 and new studies show it may even keep developing until age 40
9YJ4m TIL About the "Great Cat Massacre" In 17th century Paris a group of apprentices, angered that they were treated worse than cats, imitated the felines screeching all night. The master ordered the noisy cats killed. The apprentices held a trial, convicted the cats of witchcraft, and hung them.