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Today I learned that when David Lee Roth left Van Halen, Eddie's first choice to replace him was Patty Smyth.

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m1lAY TIL about longest tennis match in history, Isner beat Mahut 70-68, in Wimbledon 2010; it lasted 46h34m spanned over 3 days (match was suspended twice due to fading light); this can't happen again due to new tiebreaker rule introduced in 2019
Y7ORP TIL In 1979 a rabbit, hissing and baring its teeth, swam up to Jimmy Carter’s boat while he was fishing. He shooed it away with a paddle, but the incident damaged his reputation
xDD7 TIL a luxury hotel in Cannes, France, has a team of 5 trained attack hawks that it uses to keep pesky seagulls from harassing its wealthy patrons in outside seating areas.
ADVy7 TIL a nude man was found dead on the back of Shamu in 1999.
Oky4 TIL that the rat in James Cameron’s “The Abyss” really was breathing a liquid; there is no theoretical reason that something similar couldn’t be used by humans. (more links in comments)