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TIL that Joan Jett's song "I Love Rock N' Roll" is actually a cover song. The original one was sung by a group called The Arrows.

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eppd4 TIL ‘Operation bodyguard’ was used in WW2, a combination of inflatable tanks, phoney insignias, fake radio transmissions, dummy paratroopers and even feeding faulty information to mislead spies. These efforts helped delude Germany into believing Calais would be the site of the D-day landings.
wodLY TIL of Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, who in 1718 fought a duel with another woman over a Duke they were both in love with.
x69ob TIL that 50-year-old bricklayer died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies in 1975. The cast of the show received a letter from his widow thanking them for making her husband's final moments so pleasant.
Rd07 TIL that the name for the coffee company “Starbucks” comes from Captain Ahab’s first mate in the classic novel Moby Dick, who was named Starbuck.
xVwPB TIL of a bad ass female Pirate. Zheng Yi Sao Commanded 400 ships, 60,000 Pirates, and fought the East India Trading Company. She raided with the Black Flag Fleet Numerous villages, settlements, and towns fell victim to the rampaging pirates.