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TIL that the Wayne's World famous 'NO Stairway to Heaven' scene came to be because Led Zeppelin denied the rights to the song, so Myers just said to the camera 'No Stairway, Denied!' after just a couple of notes.

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R5RBa TIL that if certain types of IRA accounts are inactive for a period of time, which varies by state, they are considered dormant, and the assets can be seized by the state.
awjpZ TIL of catastrophism, a 19th century geological school of thought which saw the large fossil record as evidence proving the existence of a world previous to ours, destroyed by sudden natural catastrophes such as great floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains.
W77a9 TIL in 2010, a Princeton research team discovered that rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
KOaaw TIL about the Totnes Orange Race. It's an event held every year where people chase oranges down a street. It's based on a story involving Sir Frances Drake bumping into a delivery of oranges which caused children to chase after them since they were an expensive fruit at the time.
MpVK TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger saved a drowning man’s life in 2004 while on vacation in Hawaii