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TIL the band The Band was formed in Canada and made up of mostly Canadians

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b6Dn7 TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh referred to as "Hudjefa" on ancient lists of pharaohs. Modern historians have realized this was not actually his name, and instead means "erased" in Ancient Egyptian. His real name was lost in ancient times.
X05Kr TIL Magenta isn't a real color. Turns out its just a placeholder that your brain uses when it gets a mixture of Red and Blue light without any Green light
9okD TIL that there was only one plane allowed to take off after flights were grounded on September 11, 2001. It was a plane carrying antivenin to a man bitten by a highly venomous snake.
QlEL TIL 9 people have died of laughter
GAAn1 TIL AirPods are "difficult if not impossible" to recycle and not designed to be repairable.