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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.

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d8kk9 TIL The word facetious contains all five vowels in alphabetical order.
JXpv TIL Maj Donnie Dunagan served three tours in Vietnam, earned a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts, was promoted a record 13 times in 21 years…and was the voice of Bambi
dDaxB TIL Kim Il Sung had a personal physician tasked with a research center to help him live to at least age 100. He selected remedies from a list and he died at 82
P1LvL TIL: The official song of POTUS, Hail to the Chief, was adapted from an original Gaelic melody
4XQl5 TIL about a psychological phenomenon known as psychic numbing, the idea that “the more people die, the less we care”. We not only become numb to the significance of increasing numbers, but our compassion can actually fade as numbers increase.