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TIL the reason drummers have such a hard time playing exactly like Ringo Starr is because he’s a left handed drummer playing on a right handed set.

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4XaBa TIL in 2009, Dame Vera Lynn reached the top of the UK album charts with ‘We'll Meet Again’, a compilation to coincide with the 70-year anniversary of the declaration of World War II. This meant that the 92-year-old was the oldest living artist to make it to number one in UK chart history
kY1 TIL Dave Thomas (Wendy’s) worked with Colonel Sanders (KFC) to adopt certain trademarks, including the bucket and sign. Then with the money he made, founded Wendy’s.
665W TIL that the Chrysler PT Cruiser is actually a truck. Chrysler specifically designed it to fit criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel efficiency of the company’s light truck fleet into compliance with standards.
KOEJ4 TIL that in 2007, the islet of Pontinha became an independent nation after the owner, Renato Barros, an art teacher, noticed a legal loophole in the sale charter issued by the King of Portugal in 1903.
vRBK TIL There is a breed of sheep which lives on a beach and eats seaweed.