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TIL a 1974 contract dispute resulted in a band touring under the name Fleetwood Mac which contained none of the five classic lineup members

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VM5nZ TIL that North Carolina Congress man Robert Potter resigned from Congress after castrating two men he believed were having an affair with his wife in (1831).
M7PO7 TIL Since the World Chess Championship started in 1886, there has only ever been one instance of the title being won by a checkmate, back in 1929.
KOoyE TIL that Mike Patton of Faith No More has the widest vocal range (6 Octaves) of any known singer in popular music.
dDvoQ TIL that exactly one week after the finale of the reality show Murder in Small Town X, the winner, firefighter Ángel Juarbe Jr., died in the 9/11 attacks.
d798 TIL of a British soldier who fought in both world wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived two plane crashes, tunneled out of a POW camp, bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them, and said of WWI, “Frankly, I had enjoyed the War.”