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TIL that Jay Penske, son of the founder of Penske Corporation, owns the media company that owns Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Robb Report, IndieWire, TVLine, and the Golden Globes.

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0wo5N TIL that there was an Indian Legion, also known as the "Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS", that joined the Nazis and fought in France, Italy, and the Battle of Berlin. Their goal was to gain independence for British-ruled India.
neXvb TIL according to NASA researchers, an optimal nap will last between 20-30 minutes and a perfect nap will last exaclty 26 minutes.
emD4 TIL Zombie by the Cranberries was written as a protest song, and in memory of two boys who were killed in an IRA bombing.
78ZbP TIL Bob Seger’s Old Time Rock and Roll was released in 1978, which means he was singing about music that was ~20 years old. That’s like a song today saying The White Stripes and Modest Mouse were the pinnacle of music.
XdrQ TIL that mathematician Paul Erdös regularly took amphetamines, which worried his friends enough that one bet him $500 that he couldn’t quit for a month. Erdös won the bet, but later claimed mathematics had been set back a month.