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TIL that Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys wrote “California Girls” during his first experience with LSD. He sat in front of a piano and played what are now the first four notes of the song over and over again for about an hour, until the rest of the song suddenly came to him.

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16X0P TIL that because of moist, isolated conditions ancient bat poop in caves is still wet and gooey and can be collected and tested to tell about ancient ecosystems. Things like small insect parts and plants are still present and discernible in the wet mounds sometimes dozens of feet thick.
JYg4Q TIL that despite having a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the first wave of landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, becoming the only general to land with his soldiers that day.
EY77 TIL that there is an unaired pilot for Archer that’s exactly the same as the pilot except that Archer is a man sized raptor and only makes dino noises.
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oBKAE TIL that when Bruce Springsteen was 19, he dodged his army draft by behaving "crazily" during the induction and not writing anything in tests. He later went on to write the song "Born in the USA" which was the singer’s reflection on the plight of American veterans returning home from Vietnam.