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TIL that Yates County, New York is the third least populated county in the state.

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XjLj TIL the Led Zeppelin song “Gallows Pole” is a version of a centuries-old folk song. Traditionally the main character bribes the executioner to let them go. In the Zeppelin version the executioner takes the money but carries through with the execution.
ADa87 TIL two trapped miners once asked for an ipod with The Foo Fighters music on it to keep their spirits up. After hearing this, Dave Grohl wrote a note saying "I want you to know that when you come home, there's two tickets to any Foos show, anywhere, and two cold beers waiting for you".
DQder [TIL] The murder of 14 year old Bobby Franks committed by Leopold and Loeb to execute a "perfect crime" inspired by Nietzsche’s concept of Übermenschen
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kJl97 TIL that 3% of the World's population died during World War II.