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TIL the Gin Blossoms co-founder eventually killed himself after being kicked out of the band shortly before their rise to popularity from the songs he wrote.

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myXy TIL that Orcas Island, famous for its resident pods of orcas, was actually named after Horcasitas, the Viceroy of Mexico, who sponsored an expedition there in 1791. Whereas the animal name “orca” originated in Ancient Rome. So “Orcas Island” is probably the most coincidental place name on Earth.
yQXLv TIL The total energy released through an average hurricane is equivalent to 200 times the electrical generating capacity of the entire world.
N1lb TIL of diamond fluorescence which effects about 30% of diamonds and causes them to glow under UV light.
G0r7 TIL a Massachusetts Panera Bread, which was to be the only sandwich vendor at a mall, tried to prevent a Qdoba Mexican Grill from opening on the grounds that a burrito was a sandwich.
w7E8 TIL the World Trade Center still exists in the Muppet Christmas Movie when an angel shows Kermit the Frog what the world would be like if he hadn’t been born