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TIL Warren Zevon hated Sweet Home Alabama, surmising that those who listen to it "because their own lives are miserable," even writing a song about how much he hated it

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x6gyg TIL Boeing once filled an airplane with potatoes to test its in-flight Wi-Fi because potatoes mimic the way humans absorb and reflect wireless signals.
9Y8jM TIL that people sentenced to death by beheading were advised to give the headsman a gold coin to ensure he did not botch the beheading and cause a painful death by multiple strokes
oBeMK TIL the author of Peter Pan gifted his rights to the story to a children’s hospital in 1929, which has benefited to this day.
Dw1v TIL that in 2009 Amtrak police arrested a man because he was taking pictures of some Amtrak trains and seemed suspicious. The reason for taking the pictures, an Amtrak photo contest.
8eaMG TIL Adidas does not sponsor players who are Scientologists