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TIL that Weezer’s first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar in 1992

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grv84 TIL Jimmy Buffett had to sue two entities for the right to open Margaritaville in Key West as they had copywrited the title and a woman in Hawaii copywrited Cheeseburger in Paradise. He had to fight to get the rights to the song he wrote.
p4AG TIL the Innocence Project has freed 311 wrongfully convicted people, including 18 who spent time on death row.
Vgrm TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl’s mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.
MebyK TIL that book trailers are a thing and there are tens of thousands of them online
1Jbr TIL Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer as a teenager.