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TiL about The Greedy Bastards, a supergroup comprised of members of Thin Lizzy, the Sex Pistols, and the Boomtown Rats.

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5YwGD TIL the third tallest building in New Orleans is a 43 story, 531-foot skyscraper that has been unused since 2002 because of toxic mold and asbestos.
9GXp TIL the word “canvas” is traced to Old French canevas, which in turn may be from Vulgar Latin cannepaceus, meaning “made of hemp,” derived from the Greek word κάνναβις (cannabis).
LQ6AP TIL on rare occasions, legal cases will be against objects rather than persons, such as in the case of "United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls !
lod9a TIL about Benford's law: if you take natural sets of numbers (like lenghts of rivers, population of cities, financial transactions..), probability of first number is not even. There is 30% probability for number to start with 1, and only to 5% for 9. It is so reliable it is used to defect fraud!
ADNDB TIL the US was ready to drop a third nuclear bomb on Japan by August 19, 1945. Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945.