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TIL Fighting is allowed in Hockey

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QRRE TIL Ben Folds showed up to a jury recital at University of Miami’s music school with a broken hand from defending his roommate from bullies the night before, but was required to play anyway. He ended up losing his scholarship and in desperation threw his drum kit into his campus’ lake.
9YYdG TIL the hamlet of Boston Corner, New York was ceded from Massachusetts in 1855 because its geographical isolation from the rest of the state made maintaining law and order difficult.
OGbG6 TIL In Chinese mythology weretigers also known as tiger demons exist but unlike werewolves (who are humans who can shapeshift into a wolf) they are actually tigers who shapeshift into humans and if you are killed by one of them you aren't able to reincarnate and they will enslave your spirit
MNdV TIL That an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions chased her attackers off. The lions then stayed and defended her until help could arrive.
0dOOL TIL that Microsoft’s refusal to support IBM’s PS/2 system led to the rise of cheaper PC clones, helping Windows become the world’s most dominant OS.