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TIL in 1974 after the Cadillac Michigan Vikings football team lost their first two games, the coaches played Kiss before their practices. Winning the remainder of their games, Kiss showed up next year for their Homecoming dance.

4b0X TIL during the Siege of Baghdad, The Grand Library of Baghdad, containing countless precious historical documents and books on subjects from medicine to astronomy, was destroyed along with the House of Wisdom. The Tigris waters ran black with ink from the big quantities of books flung into the river
lBOr TIL That many biblical scholars think that “In the beginning…” actually refers to the beginning of God’s reign because of Hebrew grammar and the other instances of the phrase.This would mean that God created everything with materials which were already in existence.
byPj TIL Adolf Frederick, former King of Sweden, died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is remembered as “the king who ate himself to death.”
d8wjr TIL Robin Hood is often depicted as wearing “Lincoln Green”, colored clothes. These were dyed from the important clothing town Lincoln, in England and would date his tales to the early or mid 16th century.
k0nm TIL iconic Motown bassist James Jamerson recorded the bass line to Marvin Gaye’s “Whats Going On?” while lying on his back because he was too drunk to stand.