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TIL after vocalist Chris Cornell committed suicide, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington performed "Hallelujah" at his funeral. 2 months later, following Bennington's death, Cornell's twelve-year-old daughter (who was also Bennington's goddaughter) performed "Hallelujah" as a tribute to the both of them

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D4wD TIL Freddie Mercury collected Koi carp, was a loyal godfather and rang his cats when he was away from home. Ten days before he died, Freddie said to his manager: “You can do whatever you like with my image, my music, remix it, re-release it, whatever. Just never make me boring”.
QDNk TIL The game show Match Game was set to be cancelled and with nothing left to lose a question writer for the show started writing risque questions. As a result the ratings picked back up and the show was uncancelled.
Brb1e TIL Portage Place mall was built to counter the decline of downtown Winnipeg in 1987. Barely a year since it opened, there were doubts of the shopping centre's success as shoppers stayed away and it became a hangout for young people
1NY7 TIL until 1878, fire houses were equipped with spiral staircases so the fire horses would not try to climb the stairs into the living quarters.
ADKV4 TIL Family Video still operates over 500 stores in the US and Canada. They own the real estate where their stores are located and they own all of the media they rent out so they keep all of the profits. This is why they were able to outlast other video rental businesses like Blockbuster.