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TIL that the song My Sharona by the Knack was about a real person; she sells high end real estate today.

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p1EA TIL: Lemmy Kilmister drank a bottle of Jack Daniels everyday from 1975 to 2013.
yQZNM TIL One of the few remaining trams which survived the Hiroshima bomb has been restored to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack. It has been repainted its original colours - blue and grey - and has video testimony from survivors on board
dp7Z TIL that Jean Sylvain Bailly, the mayor of Paris and a renowned scientist was executed during the Reign of Terror. While being led to the guillotine a member of the crowd mocked “Do you tremble, Bailly” and was met with the response “Yes but only from the cold”.
9wZL6 TIL about the street gang, the Almighty G*ylords. They are one of Chicago's oldest street gangs, have been suspected of a variety of criminal enterprises and at their peak had 1,500 members.
oDpr TIL North Korea created a military rank equivalent to a seven-star general in order to have their leaders outrank the military leaders of all other countries.