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TIL jazz pianist Ryo Fukui taught himself piano when he was 22 and released his first album just 6 years later

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v1Vx4 TIL that in 1956, pilot Thomas Fitzpatrick lost a bet at a bar in Manhattan, he successfully stole a plane from the airport and landed it on the street in front of the bar. He did it again 2 years later when someone refused to believe he had done it.
EZQ7 TIL that 100 years ago Detroit Electric automobiles were reliably getting 80 miles between recharging, and one test saw 211.3 miles on a single charge.
8QXG TIL that D.A.R.E., the education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, has dropped all mention of marijuana from its curriculum as of December 2012.
W7L5N TIL in 2012, Canada had a $100 bill featuring an Asian-looking woman using a microscope, but after focus group complaints, changed her ethnicity to Caucasian.
v1lwR TIL that Hitler slept until noon most days, including D-Day, so 2 crucial Panzer divisions under his exclusive control where unusable