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TIL "Weird Al" Yankovic's song 'Generic Blues' was one of blues legend B.B. King's top 10 favorite blues songs

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NX8 TIL that Sleeping Beauty was raped and gave birth to 2 children…while still asleep!!
QJpjd TIL that the founder of Old Bay seafood seasoning founded his own company after being fired by McCormick after two days on the job after they found out he was Jewish
jNeE TIL that George Washington thought 40,000 people was too many for 1 congress member to represent and supported an alteration to reduce that number to 30,000. Today, each member of the House of Representatives represents approximately 690,000 people.
e0OE6 TIL that Big Bird escaped death from the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
gN1W TIL Nikola Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a ‘working model’ of his 'death beam’. He warned the management never to open it without taking proper precautions to avoid detonation. After his death in 1943, the box was pried open & they found nothing but a bunch of old lab components