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TIL that the reason the English football club Sheffield Wednesday is named after the day of the week is because the factory workers who played for the team had a half day on Wednesday

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vErj TIL some of Kurt Cobain’s ashes were taken to New York, blessed by Bhuddist monks, mixed into clay and then made into ceremonial staues in the monastery
YpVdA TIL: In 2004, George Harrison and Prince were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, and other famous guitarists were playing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Prince took the last solo and threw his guitar in the air at the end. They don't know where the guitar went.
GAPRE TIL: In the 15th century, an engineer named Orban offered to build a huge cannon for Constantinople. After they turned him down, he offered his services to the Ottomans who then used his cannon to attack Constantinople.
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.
0wl9v TIL more white actresses have won Oscars for portraying Asian women than the number of Asian actresses who have won Oscars.