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TIL 5 to 10 percent of people worldwide will develop an ulcer.

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xVj17 TIL the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico burns a 50 foot puppet each year, named Zozobra, to burn away their worries from the previous year. They have done so since 1924.
69Wrw TIL after AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott died of alcohol poisoning, the band considered disbanding. Scott's parents requested that they not disband. So they hired Brian Johnson as their new frontman and made Back in Black, which became the second best selling album of all time
J1A0Q TIL about the Teddy bear toss, a popular Christmas season promotion at junior ice hockey and minor league hockey games. Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears and throw them on the ice when the home team scores its first goal. The toys are gathered donated to hospitals and charities.
XXOQ TIL Keith Moon hated drum solos and refused to play them in concert. At one show, Townshend and Entwistle decided to spontaneously stop playing to hear Moon’s drum solo. Moon stopped too, shouting “Drum solos are boring!”
rNJKM TIL of mondegreens, a mishearing of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. The national anthem of the U.S. is highly susceptible to the creation of mondegreens, as "O say can you see" has been misinterpreted as "José, can you see", and "by the dawn's early light" as "by the donzerly light"