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TIL the music video for Mint Royale's "Blue Song" was the direct inspiration for the 2017 feature film Baby Driver

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JYGQv TIL the subject of "Christina's World," one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century, was Anna Christina Olson. The artist was inspired after observing her crawling across a field, which was due to her medical conditions- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a genetic polyneuropathy.
69dGY TIL There is a drink popular in the Caribbean called peanut punch made with peanut butter, milk and sugar. Some think it's an aphrodisiac. In Jamaica it has white rum or stout beer for an added kick.
e06WD TIL in 1715, a Spanish treasure fleet loaded with gold and silver was sunk by a hurricane off the coast of Florida. Divers over time have found coins scattered near the wreck, with a 2015 dive netting $4.5 million.
OpJg TIL October 31, 2017 will be the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Ypkyd TIL an elephant destroyed a house in a remote village in Bengal and then turned to head back into the forest when a baby trapped under the rubble began crying. The elephant turned back and gently removed every last bit of debris covering the baby with their trunk.