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TIL the sirens from Homers Odyssey were never said to be actually beautiful, or even mermaids. Instead, they were strange human-faced bird creatures who lured men to their deaths by promising them wisdom and knowledge of the future

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N7krN TIL Prince's "Purple Rain" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for two weeks, being kept off the top spot by "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
4XLLX TIL that the tin can was invented in 1810, but the can opener was not invented until 1855. Before the can opener people used hammer and chisel to open their tin cans
v1W1K TIL that from 1956 to 1977, Mississippi had a government commission empowered to investigate anyone suspected of supporting Black civil rights, and that encouraged businesses and landlords to fire and evict Black residents.
6E7NQ TIL due to high ruble inflation during the fall of the USSR, parody dollar bills dropped by AC/DC during their concert in Moscow were used in monetary transactions and considered more valuable than rubles.
NENb TIL a man built a restaurant in Northern Iraq called MaDonal’s after McDonald’s turned denied his request. The restaurant serves items such as “Big Macks,” and serves free food to U.S. forces, and thus has been threatened by suicide bombers, turning the man into a local celebrity.