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TIL that there’s a British band named Nirvana, who formed in 1965 and they sued the American band over the same name but settled out of court

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WkQXB TIL in 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court conducted its only criminal trial following the lynching of Ed Johnson, a black man whose habeus corpus petition was pending before the Supreme Court. The Sheriff holding Johnson was charged and convicted of contempt.
aJPA TIL That citizens of the Commonwealth (Canada, Australia ect.) are allowed to vote in the United Kingdom.
mLPo TIL that MIT students must pass a swim test to graduate. The director of phys ed said swimming is “…a self-survival skill. Research shows that most drownings occur in families where parents don’t know how to swim.”
G9ZG TIL that hitting the snooze button can actually negate the restorative effects of sleep and make you more tired throughout the day.
v1v5D TIL that President Andrew Jackson taught his pet parrot how to curse. During Andrew Jackson's funeral, the parrot started to curse non-stop so it had to be removed from the funeral