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TIL Leo Fender, inventor of Fender Guitars, never learned how to play the guitar.

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Rd07 TIL that the name for the coffee company “Starbucks” comes from Captain Ahab’s first mate in the classic novel Moby Dick, who was named Starbuck.
N7MLE TIL that Nintendo had developed a knitting machine add-on for the NES that was never released.
1J67 TIL the judge presiding over a lawsuit brought against Eminem delivered the judgment in the form of a rap. It finished: ‘It is therefore this court’s ultimate position / That Eminem is entitled to summary disposition.’
7r1YO TIL Saudi Arabia's grand mufti has ruled that chess is forbidden in Islam, saying it encourages gambling and is a waste of time.
pYMbG TIL about the variability hypothesis, the hypothesis that human males generally display greater variability in traits than human females do. Sex-differences in variability have been observed in many abilities and traits – including physical, psychological and genetic ones.