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TIL in the MMO game, EVE Online, there’s a fleet (alliance of players) that names their space stations after spoilers from major TV shows, movies, games, etc. in order to deter enemy fleets from attacking them. (WARNING: Spoilers in the source)

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0wdKA TIL that the reason why Sesame Street's Count Von Count needs to count things is because vampires of European folklore were thought to be obsessive compulsive.
M7kW7 TIL about Connie Converse, an American singer-songwriter, active in New York City in the 1950s. Her work is among the earliest known recordings in the singer-songwriter genre of music. In 1974 Converse wrote letters to family, left her home and was never heard from again. Her fate remains unknown.
OogL1 TIL the term "paint the town red" entered useage after an English town was literally painted red by a drunk gang.
16vN8 TIL about the cost of living today compared to the 1920s- 100 Years Ago
wODP TIL that in the second Matrix movie, Agent Smith’s license plate is “IS 5416”, which refers to Isaiah 54:16 from the Bible: “Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.”