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TIL in 1980 after causing roughly $200,000 in damage to SNL property and shouting “fuck New York” into the microphone, the punk band FEAR was banned from NBC for life

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X908 TIL In 1985, Little Caesars created a kitchen on wheels called the “Love Kitchen” that serves pizza to those in need and has responded to several disasters. Little Caesars has twice been presented with The President’s Volunteer Action Award Citation.
69BOQ TIL Frank Sinatra had a bottle of jack daniels placed beside him in his coffin.
eOp5 TIL dead batterys bounce
6axW TIL the knobcone pine, (Pinus attenuata), requires fire to complete its reproduction cycle. Cones remain closed for many years until a fire opens them and allows reseeding. As a result, knobcone cones may even become embedded in the growing wood as the tree matures.
oBKbY TIL the New York Yankees baseball team began as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901, before moving to New York in 1903 where the team was re-named the New York Highlanders. The team was not re-named the Yankees until a decade later in 1913.