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TIL Paul McCartney, when writing Eleanor Rigby, named her after a costar and a store, only later to find a Grave of Eleanor Rigby near where John Lennon and Paul met.

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b9yRZ TIL: about “emergency backup goalies” (EBUGs) in the NHL. If a team’s primary and backup goalie are both injured during a game, anyone in the arena can be called on to suit up and play goal. The home team is always expected to have an amateur goalie in the arena.
yQBLe TIL of the 1975 Ebbin brothers coincidental tragedy in Bermuda. Both Erskine and Neville were 17, riding the same moped, and hit by the same taxi carrying the same passenger a year apart. Considering the population and landmass of Bermuda back then, the odds of it happening were not that small.
VPvQ TIL that during the Korean War, the U.S Military ran out of mortar rounds and as a result accidentally ordered thousands of crates of ‘Tootsie Rolls’ candy. This is because the U.S Army used 'Tootsie Roll’ as a slang code for mortar shells.
MaZb TIL WWI Canadian ace William Barker passed out twice during a dogfight with a German squadron, once after being shot through both legs, and again after having his left elbow shattered. Despite being outnumbered and badly injured, he shot down four enemy planes, escaped, and survived crash landing.
oBjjR TIL In the US, vodka can be treated with up to two grams per liter of sugar and up to one gram per liter of citric acid during the manufacturing process. Adding sugar can boost the sweetness of the vodka while adding citric acid can boost the acidity of the vodka.