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TIL the name of the famous punk club "CBGB" stands for "Country, Bluegrass and Blues" - the founder originally wanted these genres to be played at the venue.

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Me9v8 TIL That Steak Tartare gets it's name from a 13th century myth that Mongols (called Tartars at the time) would ride with meat under their saddles to tenderize it, then eat it raw. Though the story was false and the chronicler who popularized it had never even encountered Mongols himself.
dDe7Z TIL - A paleobiologist said "Our best guess is that the mammal was in the middle of attacking the dinosaur," about a recently found fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur.
oBDA TIL The cost of a 30-second Super Bowl commercial increased from $37,500 in 1967 to $900,000 in 1994. That was an increase of 2,300 percent. The cost for an ad in 2009 was $3 million, which represents an increase of 233 percent since 1994.
Egd9x TIL Dr Benjamin Rush gained acclaim in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 by bravely visiting up to 100 patients a day, however due to his aggressive treatments including bloodletting it’s argued how much he helped, with some claiming his treatments killed more than they saved.
4knMa TIL Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was one of only 3 black passengers aboard the Titanic; the other 2 being his young daughters.