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TIL about the Theory of Spontaneous Generation , a idea that maggots just spontaneously manifested themselves on decaying meat, which was widely accepted before Louis Pasteur discredited it and developed germ theory

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OGBN1 TIL that the lyrics of "Bad Moon Rising" from CCR where often misheard as "there's a bathroom on the right", especially during live performances - prompting John Fogerty to occasionally sing it wrong on purpose to confuse the audience even more.
eyJJ TIL that press sensationalism influenced the 1982 conviction of an Australian woman for murdering her baby, and after 6 years in prison she was totally exonerated, yet her plaintive “a dingo ate my baby” became joke fodder among American comedians.
Zp5nB TIL the term "Spaghetti Western" refers to Western films made in Europe. It's called such because most of these films were directed by Italians.
YRpr TIL that in contrary of the Hollywood romanticized view, a lot of Cowboys were black, hispanic or indians, often were at the lowest social status, and earned very small wages.
wL1m1 TIL Trent Reznor replied on a fan forum to an extremely angry fan who was complaining about why Nine Inch Nails' new music was considered an album not and EP just to tell them to suck his entire cock