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TIL that Dave Grohl - Guitarist of Foo Fighters and drummer of Nirvana - created the first Foo Fighters album entirely by himself, recording almost every part of every instrument, including the vocals.

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7rjKp TIL each year during their northern migration from Mexico to the US, thousands of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are known to individually fly 500 miles nonstop across the open water of the Gulf of Mexico to reach U.S. shores. It takes approximately 18-22 hours to complete this solitary flight.
QNPek TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible.
xVE7g TIL In 1889, Mark Twain predicted the nature of trench warfare. He pitted 53 men versus 30,000 knights. Crouching behind minefields and electrified fences, and manning Gatling guns that “vomit death,” the time-traveler and his companions mow down rank upon gleaming rank of their armored assailants.
4XxPX TIL that the word "Ewok" was not once spoken in the entirety of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The only time the word appeared was in the credits.
jOMv TIL: In 1994, Guns N Roses bassist Duff McKagan decided to invest $100k of his new GNR money in local Seattle companies, including an expanding chain of coffee shops, a software company and an online book seller - Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon.