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TIL the founders of Adidas had been members of the Nazi party

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LklQ9 TIL The Doors drummer John Densmore was sued by remaining bandmates b/c he wouldn’t let them sell the commercial rights to their songs to Cadillac, saying late singer Jim Morrison would have opposed it. During a 6-year court battle, he was called anti-American, communist and Al Qaeda supporter.
no4b TIL Queen’s collaboration with David Bowie on ‘Under Pressure’ wasn’t planned - Bowie just happened to be by the studio while Queen were recording the song.
lDMr TIL a Dutch city known as Utrecht celebrated George Orwell’s 110 birthday by putting party hats on surveillance cameras.
Z8JYG TIL that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant had four reactors and only one was impacted by the 1986 meltdown; the others continued producing power for several years and one (Reactor No. 3) produced power until it was decommissioned in 2000.
XExBk TIL the Yakima Valley produces 77% of all hops grown in the United States.