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TIL that the Clash song Garageland was inspired by a critic's comment that "The Clash are the sort of garage band that should be speedily returned to the garage, preferably with the motor still running".

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1aVgD TIL in 2009 a man won a $10,000 settlement after getting kicked out of Yankee Stadium by off-duty police officers for trying to use the bathroom while "God Bless America" was playing.
aw9kL TIL that on Christmas day in 1929 Charlie Lawson, in what is called the Christmas Massacre, murdered his wife and six of his seven children before killing himself. Prior to the murders he took his family into town for one last holiday photo.
OxG4 TIL that Jesse Owens was the 10th child in a poor family. The day after his 5th birthday he developed a large fibrous bump on his chest. As they couldn’t afford a doctor, his mother used a sterilized kitchen knife to carve into his chest and remove a golf-ball sized growth.
8OnL TIL approximately 80% of “close door” elevator buttons aren’t connected to anything.