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TIL Paz Dylan pranked the Grammy Museum when he snuck in and hung a series of informational wall display pieces featuring strange descriptions and photographs of himself eating tacos. Awarding himself song of the year, album of the year, and best new artist of 2013, they hung unnoticed for a month

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XQV8 TIL the Q in Q-tips stands for “quality”, and that they were originally called “baby gays”
xVw0g TIL that the 1987 film 'Good Morning Vietnam' was only loosely based on the life of Sgt. Adrian Cronauer. He passed away in 2018. His tombstone reads "Vietnam DJ, Beloved".
9Y44D TIL that Eric Clapton is the only person that has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times. Once with the Yardbirds, once with Cream, and once as a solo artist.
xelk TIL a man lost $125 million during a single year of gambling in Las Vegas
4knXw TIL that in 2014 a comet passed extremely close to Mars, nearly equal to 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance. It even heated up Mars upper atmosphere and measurably slowed the orbits of several Mars orbiters.