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TIL "Die house" (King Dice main theme song from game Cuphead) singer is woman! Her name is Alana Bridgewater.

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nWBdB TIL the Pearl Jam song "Alive" written by Eddie Vedder is loosely based on the fact that he learned the man who he thought was his real father was actually his stepfather and his biological father had already passed away.
1amlD TIL that at the age of 31, Charlie Munger was broke, divorced, and had just buried his 9-year-old son who died from leukemia. Today, Munger is Warren Buffet's "right-hand man," a billionaire and says "Self-pity is not going to improve the situation...however bad it is, just fix it as best you can."
xdwD TIL the full translated name of Bangkok is “City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra’s behest”. It is the longest name for a city.
W7Vno TIL about William Knibb an abolitionist Jamaican missionary who held a funeral for slavery with the words:"The Monster is dead!"
oRrNY TIL Tom Cruise is not allowed to own a Bugatti due to his inability to open the car door while he was on the red carpet in 2006.