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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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9wQPQ [TIL] Tinted lenses can help with some forms of Dyslexia.
9w4mB TIL The first bourbon to come in sealed glass bottles was Old Forester [1870]
XEOeP TIL snake oil was introduced to the US by Chinese laborers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad. Derived from the Chinese water snake, snake oil was rich in the omega-3 acids that help reduce inflammation and was quite effective, especially when used to treat arthritis and bursitis.
M7gmm TIL that in 1982, Rush’s “New World Man” simultaneously charted 5 spots below Geddy Lee’s (recording with Bob and Doug Mackenzie) of “Take Off”.
VBVPG TIL of Kim Hyon-hui - a north Korean agent who killed 115 people in a plane bombing. Originally sentenced to death, she was pardoned after less than a year and has been free ever since