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TIL a 24 year old made it to #5 on his national charts with a song recorded on a four-track in his bedroom. He opened for Blur the same year, and then died six months later.

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xVJ87 TIL that actor George Wendt ("Norm" from "Cheers") is an uncle of actor and former SNL writer and cast member Jason Sudeikis, his sister's son.
Vpr8 TIL in the Roman Empire, to increase the dwindling population of the upper class, families with three children were given tax exemption. Many sought loopholes to get the benefits without the burden of three kids, resulting in a network of government spies and informers to catch them.
pYZxG TIL that in the 1950s and 60s, people could buy plastic screens to colorize their black & white TVs
N77E8 TIL the Miss South Carolina teen who became an internet meme for her incomprehensible answer contemplated suicide after her pageant flub
0NAA TIL - The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it everyday.