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TIL Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Roger Waters all have declared that John Prine is among their all time favorite song writers. Cash said he listens to Prime when he wants to get into a song writing mood, and Dylan claimed no one could write true to life characters like Prine could.

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9Y0dB TIL of a "pineberry", a white hybrid of the strawberry. It looks just like one, but has the taste of a pineapple. It had been "rescued" by Dutch farmers, and later on, commercially sold in the 2010's. At the moment, they're grown (only) in Japan. They're ~$10.00 per berry.
5O6R TIL that sloppy Medical handwriting kills more than 7,000 people every year
R7Maj TIL that jellyfish have developed the most efficient form of swimming among all animals. They manage to achieve a 48% lower cost of movement than other aquatic animals.
D1P5g TIL 52 days before his death Elvis Presley while stopped at a red light saw two men beating a teenager lying on the ground and quickly got out of his car and into a karate pose and said "I'll take you two on" The fight stopped instantly and the stunned men shook his hand.
LQO80 TIL about Aurel Persu's car design. This car, implemented in 1922-1923, was shaped similar to a waterdrop and it had a drag coefficient of 0.28 (same as a modern Porsche Carrera)