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TIL When his boat sank off the Jamaican coast, Chris Blackwell - the producer who first discovered Bob Marley - was found near-death by some Rasta fishermen. They nursed him back to full health, forming a bond with their culture that became the basis for his famous investment in the island’s music.

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0nEp TIL the extinct California grizzly bear was, during its existence, the largest bear in the world - bigger than both the polar and Kodiak bears. The heaviest on record weighed 2350 lbs and was shot in the Santa Clarita Valley in 1876.
d8Or8 TIL When the # and * keys were first put on phones they had no purpose whatsoever and were only included because touch tone phones could create up to twelve tones.
0WWj TIL Ram Bahadur Bomjon, a Buddhist Monk, meditated for 10 months straight without food or water. To challenge this incredible claim, National Geographic filmed the boy for 5 straight days and nights. He never moved. Supporters of Buddhism consider him the “reincarnation of the Buddha”
P7OJ TIL: ‘Born in the USA’ was 1st CD Made in the US
gwL4 TIL Tallinn, the capital of Estonia used to be named Lyndanisse, which in translation means Linda’s tits.