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TIL that the Grateful Dead's 1995 summer tour is commonly referred to as the "Tour of Doom." 3 concertgoers were struck by lightning in DC and ticketless fans in Indiana tore down a fence and stormed the venue prompting a huge police response.

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0wl85 TIL that the Judge Rotenberg Center, a SPED (Special-needs Education) School in Massachusetts, has been, and still is, using electroshock devices and other violent means to “discipline” misbehaving students.
WkLdX TIL that before they approached George Foreman as a spokesman, the makers of the "George Foreman Grill" had previously considered Hulk Hogan. He however decided to pitch the "Hulkamania Meatball Maker" instead.
7rMYL TIL about Jim Cummings, the voice of my childhood. He has over 400 voice credits appearing in Winnie the Pooh, Phineas and Ferb, The Powerpuff Girls, Pinky and the Brain, Gargoyles, Biker Mice from Mars, Animaniacs, 2 Stupid Dogs, and Batman: The Animated Series to name a few.
v1oYB TIL: Garth Brooks' only single to not reach #1 (out of 21) was "We Shall Be Free" because of the "controversial" lyrics like: "When the last thing we notice is the color of the skin And the first thing we look for is the beauty within" and "When we're free to love anyone we choose we shall be free."
neAGb TIL in 1969, 17 year old Cuban, Armando Socarras Ramirez survived hiding in the right wheel well of a Douglas DC-8 on an eight-hour flight from Havana to Madrid. Upon landing he was found on the ground covered in ice and not breathing, Dubbed ''the popsicle" by Spanish doctors, he recovered fully.