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TIL despite their name, the band Acceptance kicked the drummer out for coming out of the closet as gay.

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QJJOL TIL that before his execution, the Marquis de Favras, upon reading his death warrant stated, "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes"
x6OD1 TIL that a painting lost in World War 2 was rediscovered in 2009 after an art historian named Gergely Barki noticed the picture being used in the background of the movie Stuart Little (1999).
kJdge Today I Learned that Keanu Reeves played Neo in The Matrix.
KOKRG TIL that the Food & Drug Administration has long known the shelf life of some drugs can be extended, sometimes by years but continues to order pharmacies to trash expired drugs. In fact, the federal government has saved a fortune by doing this with their own emergency stock piles.
E1yKX TIL the summit of Mt. Everest has just become another "tourist spot" for the rich and you can go despite having no prior mountain climbing experience