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TIL the band Sugar Ray was named after the famous boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard. Their original band name was Shrinky Dix.

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mxyBx TIL Apollo astronauts would breathe pure oxygen for several hours before flights in order to avoid getting the bends when the cabin pressure was lowered after liftoff.
OobD7 TIL the 9th monarch of Thailand was an accomplished jazz saxophonist
LgOZ TIL German license plates use a typeface that makes it harder to modify letters by adding black tape or paint.
16xX TIL Keyboard Cat died in 1987.
d8G7B TIL of the Sony rootkit scandal: In 2005, Sony shipped 22,000,000 CDs which, when inserted into a Windows computer, installed unn-removable and highly invasive malware. The software hid from the user, prevented all CDs from being copied, and sent listening history to Sony.