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TIL that an early iteration of Joy Division once fired their drummer by pulling over their van, asking him to get out & check on a flat tire, then driving away

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ADEox TIL Prince created a video game in 1994 called Prince Interactive. The game was similar to Myst, and it featured Prince's music and his recording studio Paisley Park.
N7gb8 TIL in the early 1900s, Dolly Korschel kept a secret lover in her attic for years, had the lover kill her husband after a fight, continued keeping the lover in her attic, and was charged with murder 8 years later but set free because there was a 7-year statute of limitations on murders at the time.
BgdQb TIL that French soldiers executed an estimated 300 African troops who demanded equal pay and better living conditions during WW2 under claims of mutiny in what became known as the "Thiaroye massacre"
E1N4x TIL an aerodynamic wind tunnel was installed at the base of the Eiffel tower in 1909. The tunnel was used to carryout out thousands of tests, including those on Wright Brothers airplanes and Porsche automobiles. The tower had a laboratory used by scientists to study meteorology, physiology.
l4l1 TIL pit stains come from the aluminum in antipersperant plus your sweat reacting to touching cotton, and is avoidable with aluminum-free antiperspirant