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TIL Chris Stapleton was one of the writers for “Your Man” by Josh Turner

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9MKD TIL the 1976 Olympics were a financial disaster for Montreal, as the city faced debts for 30 years after the Games had finished. It was only in December 2006 that the Olympic Stadium’s costs were finally paid in full.
DQ7yv TIL goats have "accents"
R5Ko9 TIL about Tokyo Rose - a group of Japanese female propagandists who broadcast a radio show throughout the South Pacific and continental U.S. to demoralize the allied Navy during WWII. One of their number was found guilty of treason, and subsequently pardoned in the US.
wpPo TIL a 14yo Syrian boy who ran away from home to join ISIS soon became disillusioned after seeing the conduct of the other fighters. To escape the group, he volunteered to act as a suicide bomber, but instead of activated the explosives he turned himself in to Iraqi authorities.
DbAJ TIL jeans when first dyed are yellow due to the yellow color of water soluble leucoindigo, which then oxidizes to the blue color of indigo on jeans.