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TIL in 2009, artist Jess Dobkin performed “It’s Not Easy Being Green” while dressed as Kermit the Frog, and getting fisted by someone dressed as Jim Henson

by whatilearned July 3, 2022, 2:38 pm

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TIL about Doug Street, the ‘human chameleon,’ who impersonated an NFL player, lawyer, and performed dozens of surgeries while impersonating a doctor

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 1:13 am

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TIL that Sonny Curtis, who wrote the Mary Tyler Moore theme song “Love is All Around,” also wrote “I Fought the Law.” He & Buddy Holly performed together – even opening for Elvis – as teens until Holly formed the Crickets. Curtis joined the Crickets after Holly died. They recorded “IFTL” in 1960.

by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 4:26 pm

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For a period of time, Harry Houdini used a trap door in every magic show he performed.

by cringeyjokesman May 11, 2022, 7:32 pm

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TIL of the Dew Drop Inn. It was a former New Orleans nightclub known for catering to Black audiences during the segregation era. Singers such as Ray Charles, James Brown, and Earl King once performed there. The club allowed white patrons and thus was sometimes raided for violating Jim Crow laws.

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 8:43 pm

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TIL Professional librarians date back to the 8th century BCE in Assyria. Also the Romans had libraries but not librarians, with the job performed by nonspecific scholars such as praetors or grammarians.

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 7:29 pm

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TIL that the big brassy theme song of Monty Python’s Life of Brian was performed by a 16-year-old girl

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 6:26 pm

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TIL the term ‘computer’ used to mean humans who performed tedious, repetitive calculations by hand. Many of whom were women and some became the early programmers in a time when men refused to code because it was seen as “woman’s work”

by whatilearned April 24, 2022, 9:35 pm

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TIL TIL After he died Einstein’s family directed that he—meaning all of him—be cremated. Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, decided to remove Albert’s brain before releasing his body to the undertakers. He stored Einstein’s brain in his home for 20+ years in Mason jars

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 8:18 pm

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TIL Paul McCartney was 14 years old when he wrote “When I’m Sixty Four.” When later recorded, it was performed in a lower key and sped up so his voice would sound younger.

by whatilearned March 29, 2022, 7:02 pm

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TIL members of Metallica, Guns N Roses and Skid Row formed a one-off supergroup that performed in 1990

by whatilearned March 26, 2022, 10:48 am

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TIL when Third Eye Blind performed Graduate at the 25th American Music Awards, they substituted the lyric “can I graduate” with “can I masturbate”.

by whatilearned March 21, 2022, 2:20 am

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