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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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xL80 TIL It costs $25,000 for a mountaineer to buy a single permit to climb Mt. Everest.
Ooja6 TIL: In 1841 during a naval battle between Argentina and Uruguay, the ship from Uruguay ran out of cannonballs. The captain ordered his men to shove the hard balls of cheese they had onboard into the cannons and to fire those. The cheese tore holes in the Argentine ship's sails and killed 2 sailors.
d8ay8 TIL In Japan there is a village, Inakadate where Locals turned their Rice Paddy fields into artworks using different colored rice plants as a way to boost tourism and contribute to the village’s rich culture. The drawings are inspired from local geography and Japanese folklore. It's Beautiful.
OX9X TIL in 1972, a British nutritionist published a book called Pure, White & Deadly in which he warns about the dangers of sugar and advises following a low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss. It would take over 40 years for his work to be recognized by other scientists.
wLa0M TIL the names Brendan (Irish) and Brenda (Norse) have totally different origins and just happen to be spelled similarly and gendered