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TIL before Ed Sheeran became internationally famous, he put on a free show for his small fan base. Over 1,000 fans turned up to see the show, so Sheeran ended up playing four different shows to make sure everyone saw a gig, including a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed.

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kOJJ5 TIL New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's 2006 deadly airplane crash hit the apartment of the same woman who was critically injured at the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade after the Cat in The Hat balloon struck a lamppost that wound up hitting her in the head.
JYA48 TIL that the first movie about the Titanic came out 29 days after the actual ship sank, starred a real life survivor who wore what she had on the night it sank in the production, and resulted in her suffering a mental breakdown shortly after its completion.
84VZ TIL When someone called the black chauffeur of Alice Roosevelt (daughter of Teddy) a “black bastard”, the driver took it in stride. Roosevelt, however, leaned out the window and shouted “Shut up, you white son of a bitch.”
1aGoO TIL of the German word erklärungsnot which means explanation poverty. This describes a situation where you are put on the spot without a sufficient explanation or excuse for something you have done or failed to do.
XPRr TIL that because birds such as pigeons have a much higher threshold for detecting movement, they would likely see a movie shown at today’s industry standard frame rate as a series of flashing slides