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TIL “Chicago” means “skunk land”

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nWvyd TIL; After Monster Cable's contract for Beats by Dr. Dre ended in 2012, they experienced a decline in staffing to currently "less than 10 people"
PYobg TIL, that in 1987 MLB pitcher Charlie Kerfeld signed a 1 year contract with the Houston Astros for $110,037.37 AND 37 boxes of orange Jell-O, to be used in future pranks.
nrrW TIL Texas keeps a database of the lasts words of everyone executed on death row
WkEjN TIL that when Tom Green won a Golden Rasberry Award for "Freddy Got Fingered", he showed up in a white cadillac, rolled out his own red carpet, told the crowd he wanted to win the award, then pulled out and played a harmonica until security dragged him offstage.
MexgV TIL Aerosmith's Joe Perry use to keep a roadie by the side of the stage instructed to give him a toot of cocaine through a straw whenever he wandered over pretending to need technical assistance