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TIL that Nerf (Hasbro) bought the super soaker brand and no longer make air pressurized water blasters anymore, just pump action types

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4X6Jb TIL that the iconic 'Bass' line from "Seven Nation Army" isn't played on a bass guitar, but instead on a semi-acoustic guitar electronically lowered an octive.
m1dyR TIL about the Macbeth superstition where if anyone says the name "Macbeth" outside of rehearsals or a performance in a theater, the production of the play will be cursed.
KOVv6 TIL that the Kearney County Gazette reportedly displayed the skull of 19th-century serial killer Stephen Dee Richards in their window.
YpVaZ TIL that many Icelanders refer to WW2 as "the blessed war" because the country has the war to thank for their independence.
a8MAA TIL about English as She Is Spoke. Intended as a Portuguese-English translation guide, the author actually had no grasp of English. For help he used a Portuguese-French guide and then a French-English one. The resulting book is a hilarious trainwreck