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TIL: More Americans killed by falling T.V’s than by terrorist attacks

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oRPZo TIL About how "Joe Theismann," came to be pronounced, "Joe Heismann," after the trophy
EgVjP TIL until 2019, the Verve was forced to give up all their royalties and music credit rights for their 1997 hit song "Bitter Sweet Symphony" due to copyright dispute with ABKCO Studios head Allen Klein over the band's sampling of the Rolling Stone's "The Last Time" in their music.
rN6J4 TIL That thing comes off The GameCube?!
yQXw8 TIL Alexander Mackenzie was the first European to cross North America (north of Mexico)
rRo9x TIL that the original phrase was "Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast" from a 1697 tragedy called The Mourning Bride.