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

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jNBVp TIL In 1974 Larry Flynt purchased pictures of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis nude for $18,000 and published them in the August 1975 issue of Hustler. That issue made him an overnight millionaire.
51jQ TIL When prohibition was repealed in 1933, Yuengling beer Company sent a truckload of “Winner Beer” to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in appreciation, which arrived the day the amendment was repealed — particularly notable since Yuengling beer takes almost three weeks to brew and age.
LKlp TIL the inventor of the glow stick didn’t know glow sticks were used for parties until 2013
XJr8 TIL: The blossoms of the skunk cabbage become so hot that they melt snow and provide a warm haven for insects to encourage pollination.
nWJXd TIL when a newly discovered sponge-like fungi was named after SpongeBob SquarePants in 2011, a mycological research journal initially rejected the name for being “too frivolous”. When challenged, the scientists stood behind their discovery, saying “we’ll name it whatever we like”.