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TIL “Band Geeks” was voted the best Spongebob episode of all time

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QJBAE TIL margins in books are literally meant for taking notes. The practice (in books) started in the renaissance when people who copied the bible would leave space at the edges of their pages to write notes.
OoBYR TIL After Keith Moon passed out on stage performing with The Who, Pete Townshend asked the crowd if anyone knew how to play drums. Scot Halpin, a fan, finished the show with the band.
OOWX TIL that Google has been using money-shifting strategies known to lawyers as the “Double Irish” and the “Dutch Sandwich” to help reduce its tax rate down to 2.4 percent.
R59o1 TIL that grapes and raisins are highly toxic for dogs
4RZw TIL that cheap pink White Zinfandel aka “jug wine” was invented by mistake. Instead of dumping it, Sutter Home bottled it, marketed it and it’s been the 3rd top selling wine in the U.S. for more than 30 years, making the owners fabulously wealthy and angering wine snobs.