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TIL in 1958 Inmate Merle Haggard saw Johnny Cash play San Quentin State Prison. Haggard credits Cash with giving him the inspiration to launch a career after prison that included 38 #1 hits on the country charts

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kORRd TIL that in Iceland men would have to to lift a 100 kg stone to hip height to qualify to work on a fishing boat. Some of the original stones still sit on the beach at Djúpalónssandur. This tradition became the inspiration for lifting the Ardblair Stones in Scotland, Iceland, and Wales.
pYadG TIL that, after being struck on a foggy river in 1914, a passenger ship sunk in under 15 minutes, rendering useless the fact that there actually were enough lifeboats. Over a thousand perished.
05LN TIL that only parents who believe sugar will cause hyperactivity in their children will notice the effect, while parents that do not believe in it are extremely less likely to notice hyperactivity in their children.
XW8E TIL that Patsy Cline was offered a car ride back to Nashville with singer Dottie West. Cline refused, telling West, “Don’t worry about me, Hoss. When it’s my time to go, it’s my time.” Patsy Cline died in a plane crash later that same day.
eYZE TIL in his will, businessman Cecil Rhodes (namesake of the Rhodes scholarship) left money for the creation of a secret society whose purpose was to bring the entire world under British rule