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TIL “Silver Springs”, written by Stevie Nicks for Fleetwood Mac should have been on the hit album Rumors but it was cut. It was released later and took years to become a hit. Nicks was pissed that it was cut from Rumors as she had gifted the royalties to her mom.

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j6A5R TIL that the Doors’ second manager, Danny Sugerman, began working with the Doors when he was just 12 years old, by answering their fan mail. Following the death of Jim Morrison in 1971, Sugerman replaced the original Doors’ manager, Bill Siddons, at just age 17.
vPk8L TIL "Marriage by Proxy" allows couples to be married in some US states with only one of them physically present and the other represented by a stand-in. In Montana a "double proxy" is possible where neither party attends the wedding.
wL1yP TIL of John II of France, who was captured by the English, in the Hundred Years War, and held hostage in London. An exchange of hostages occurred, with his son, Louis, taking his place. When John II was informed that Louis had escaped from captivity, he voluntarily returned to England as a hostage.
XQ86 TIL explorers on Greenland found a P-38 aircraft used during WWII buried under 264 ft of ice. They dug it out and restored it to flying condition.
Qvbd TIL the word “wizard” comes from “wise”. “Wise” comes from the ancient word “weid” meaning “to see”. A wizard is one who sees.