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TIL that 'Jeremy' from the Pearl Jam song, really did exist.

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Yp4e7 TIL in 2014 Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols admitted to spending 10,000 euros on iPad games
8a6Yb TIL: In 1944 Lex Luthor was the first character in a comic book (and one of the first in fiction) to use an atomic bomb. The United States Department of War asked this story line be delayed from publication, which it was until 1946, to protect the secrecy of the Manhattan Project.
5Vro9 TIL opium was routinely given to infants from ancient times up until the early 1900's.
NXnLJ TIL that towards the end of WW2, malingerer's guides on to how to appear ill, disguised as boxes of matches, were distributed among British troops in Italy. This with the intent to discourage the soldiers in risking their lives on the battlefield, find a reason to don't fight, without be dishonoured
Dw8p TIL During the filming of the flood scene for Noah’s Ark (1928), the great volume of water used was so overwhelming that three extras drowned, leading to the implementation of stunt safety regulations the following year.