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TIL that famous musician David Bowie, born David Robert Jones, adopted his last name from James Bowie (1796-1836), soldier at the Texas Revolution and Battle of the Alamo and namesake of the Bowie knife.

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NXvae TIL Finnish babies’ first bed is often a cardboard box. The government sends all expectant mothers a box with baby supplies, and the box includes a small mattress at the bottom meant to stay in the box.
WkeoY TIL In 1971 Fleetwood Mac had to cancel a sold out show booked at the Whiskey A Go Go when their guitarist Jeremy Spencer simply vanished into thin air. He was eventually found having cut off all his hair, dressed in shabby clothes, and joined a cult called The Children of God.
e0YX6 TIL that 30 years ago you had 15-17 minutes to escape a house fire. Nowadays you only have 3-5 minutes (due to more plastics & petroleum-based products in the house as well as more open floor plans, bigger rooms, & higher ceilings).
5VlPp TIL female prawns in prawn farms have one of their eyes cut off
4XRON TIL in 1886 two brothers in Tennessee, Alf and Bob Taylor, ran for Governor against each other in a campaign called the War of the Roses. Instead of debates and personal attacks that previous elections saw, they traveled the state together, campaigning, playing fiddles, and playing practical jokes