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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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AD6kw TIL A man was arrested for trespassing at the Budweiser brewery. His name? Bud Weisser.
5VeMn TIL: Operación Milagro - The Cuban international medical aid program for treating eye problems, which has cured over 3 million people around the world
EOap TIL 18 year old Rukhsana Kauser saw her parents being beaten as part of a forced marriage proposal by a militia commander in Kashmir, she killed one militant with an axe, gunned the commander down, then started a 4 hour gun battle with the malitia
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GY1yj TIL After learning that Getty Images had been selling unauthorized licenses of her work, Carol Highsmith donated her collection of thousands of photos from all fifty states, royalty-free, to the Library of Congress