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TIL in 1915, during a historic drought, San Diego hired a “Rain Maker.” He took the job and soon thereafter there was so much rain that there were floods and a dam even broke. They didn’t pay him though. Too much rain.

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QbWp TIL in the early 90s Ozzy Osbourne announced his retirement tour. It was called “No More Tours”, a pun on his No More Tears album, however in 1995 he returned to touring, dubbing his concert performances “The Retirement Sucks Tour”.
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