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TIL my favourite Kate Bush song, The Man with the Child in His Eyes was written when she was just 13 years old and recorded at the grand old age of 16. What a ridiculous amount of talent at such a young age.

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 6:44 pm

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TIL The comedian Brad Garrett has a permanent restraining order against 84 year old Ca Equalization board member Mike Schaefer. Schaefer is barred from the MGM Grand as well.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 8:09 am

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TIL About Tranquility 2000 – Mason Lodge on the Moon Set in motion by Buzz Alderin under the Grand Lodge of Texas that meets in various earthy locations until meetings can be held on the moon

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 12:15 am

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TIL that jazz pianist Keith Jarrett was booked to perform in an opera house in Cologne. He was presented a baby grand piano that was deemed “unplayable” by Jarrett. After a Jarrett was convinced to perform the resulting recording, The Köln Sessions is the highest selling solo Jazz album of all time

by whatilearned April 20, 2022, 1:24 pm

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TIL After winning 11 Grand Slam titles, Bjorn Borg retired at the age of just 26 in 1982. His career included 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles. He attempted to come back to professional tennis 9 years later, but struggled to win even a single match.

by whatilearned April 18, 2022, 4:39 am

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TIL that Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, home of the Grand National, has a motor racing circuit inside it which has hosted the F1 British Grand Prix five times

by whatilearned April 9, 2022, 7:56 am

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TIL that Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas is so big that in the early 80s they held several F1 Grand Prix’s there…. in the car park.

by whatilearned March 31, 2022, 11:13 am

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TIL about Grand Duke Travis I of Westarctica, the American man who has claimed the otherwise unclaimed part of Antarctica as his own territory

by whatilearned March 17, 2022, 9:24 pm

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Today I learned that Leinster Gardens in London has a wafer thin facade of two grand Victorian era houses that hide a railway cutting – they were built in the 1860s and are now protected.

by whatilearned March 16, 2022, 12:24 pm

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TIL Lindsay Lohan filed a case against the makers of Grand Theft Auto V in 2014 over a character named “Lacey Jonas”, whom she argued was based on her. GTA V made almost £500m in global first day sales alone. The lawsuit was later dismissed, ruling that it was a “work of fiction and satire”.

by whatilearned February 23, 2022, 2:57 pm

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TIL of Anna Anderson, an impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. Despite a private investigation proving she was a Polish factory worker with a history of mental illness, Anna managed to garner support due to disinformation spread by the Bolsheviks about Anastasia’s execution.

by whatilearned February 21, 2022, 1:47 pm

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TIL Commodus once held a grand 14 day gladiatorial event with himself as the center piece. The “highlights” include him killing 100 bears in a day. The crowd was hesitant to attend the arena due to a rumour that he would start shooting random spectators in reenactment of the stymphalian birds myth

by whatilearned February 18, 2022, 8:59 am

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