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TIL the band “Limp Bizkit” chose their name to turn away people who judge music by the name of the artist.

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A5Ma TIL Jose Cuervo is still produced on land granted to the family by the King of Spain. It was the first business to receive a license to produce tequila and is the oldest family run business in Mexico.
xVPd1 TIL that the Haast's Eagle went extinct 500 years ago, was the largest eagle to have ever existed, and evidence shows it may have occasionally preyed on humans.
b99va TIL Osama Bin Laden visited Indiana and Los Angeles in the late 1970s
0dwl5 TIL of John Cummings, who after seeing a circus knife-swallower, actually swallowed 4 knives to brag to his shipmates - he passed 3 with no ill-health.
8YdG TIL the first responders to accidents in high speed motorcycle races in Northern Ireland are motorcycle doctors. They travel at speeds upwards of 180mph to get to the scene.