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TIL the frontman to Powerman 5000 is the brother of Rob Zombie and was also on the original 90210.

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0wdnR TIL that the first sports bra was two jock straps stitched together.
RPmw TIL that the commander of the first “Flamethrower unit” used in WW1 was named “Bernhard” and that before the war he was a firefighter.
DjaV TIL that Walmart makes over $13 billion in sales from food stamps, but because of its employees’ low wages, also likely has the most employees currently receiving food stamps.
KOQYG TIL that in 1508, Autun, France pressed charges on rats for destroying barley crops. The lawyer representing the rats argued that the court's summons wasn't specific enough to his clients, and that Autun's cat population made it unsafe for his clients to come to court. The rats were acquitted.
EWYw TIL A police department in Michigan staged a fake wedding - with undercover cops acting as the bride and groom - and invited local drug dealers to attend. At the reception, they busted them all at once.