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TIL George Harrison's Sister Lived in Benton, IL and Promoted Her Brother's Music at Local Radio Stations Before the Beatles Were Known in the U.S.

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nWa1r TIL Chad Kroeger wrote the 2003 hit "Why Don't You & I," for Santana and sang vocals on the album version, but his record label didn't want his voice on the single because they thought it could overshadow their upcoming Nickelback album release, so he recommended Alex Band of The Calling
8aaVP The physics of boomerang flight
xYJb TIL that Eli Whitney’s cotton gin is short for “cotton engine”.
eppkE TIL that Kjeragbolten is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Norway. It was left in a crevasse during the last ice age, suspended above a 3,228 ft deep abyss. It is accessible without any climbing equipment, and a popular site for BASE jumping.
Y7mrG TIL the word "cyanide" traces its origin to the color cyan since hydrogen cyanide was called "blue acid"