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TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd named thier band after a gym teacher who suspended them for having long hair. His name was Leonard Skinner.

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8RyX TIL that the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger’s command center is in Marilyn Manson’s “The Dope Show.”
Lp8d TIL a man in Texas was abducted from his home right in front of his wife by two masked men with guns. He returned two days later unharmed. Turns out he staged his own kidnapping so he could to go out and party with friends.
kObaE TIL that online recipe blogs come with seven different short stories and 30 personal anecdotes in order to create copyright protections for the recipe being blogged about. Recipes get copyright protections while ingredients lists don’t. Someone else can claim your writing if it’s not unique enough.
oBL4Y TIL that there’s a city in New Mexico named ‘Truth or Consequences’, the city chose to rename itself after a radio show contest in 1950.
OGDVL TIL Ninjas did not wear black on missions, because they would not blend in with the enviroment.