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WNMY TIL B.B King saved his Guitar from a burning building caused by a fight between two men. The men were fighting over a lady named Lucille and B.B King named his guitar after her as a reminder to never fight over a woman or run into burning buildings.
6LNl TIL - Mayonnaise is commonly used topically in hospitals to remove tar from burn victims’ skin
9YJ6M TIL During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait for 40 days to prevent possible infection. The Italian word for 40, "quaranta", is where we get the word "quarantine".
8e6Pa TIL Burt Reynolds turned down the movie terms of endearment for Stroker Ace which was a critically failure. Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for the role Reynolds turned down
GYvW4 TIL Italian police officers posed as "pizza delivery boys" in order to arrest mafia boss Roberto Manganiello of Naples’ notorious Camorra mafia, listed as “one of Italy’s 100 most dangerous criminals” as he watched football in his apartment. He offered no resistance to the fake "delivery boys."