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TIL in 2008, while Red Hot Chili Peppers went on hiatus, bassist Flea - 45 at the time - enrolled as a freshman at the University of Southern California's music program to widen his appreciation and understanding of music.

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mxJxx TIL the Rolls-Royce Phantom has a layer of foam inside its specially-designed tires, which lowers cabin sound levels by reducing tire cavity noise.
woxko TIL Christopher Lee (known for his illustrious acting career spanning multiple decades, especially among younger generations for his roles as Saruman in Lord of the Rings and Count Dooku in Star Wars) was present at the last public guillotine execution in France in June 1939. He was 17 at the time.
ZplVp TIL Partway through the hour-long trial of former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena, their lawyers abandoned their defense and sided with the prosecutors. Afterwards, their execution by firing squad happened so quickly that the TV crew was unable to film the execution in full.
8KJa TIL Emperor I Ferdinand of Austria had 20 seizures per day, and could not speak coherently. The only intelligible sentence he ever spoke during his 13 year reign was: “I am the emperor, and I want dumplings!”
ERJw TIL at noon on September 1, 1923, a massive earthquake hit Tokyo. Major fires popped up across the city, because people were cooking lunch over fires when the quake hit. Over 100,000 people died.