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TIL: Weezer's first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar

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Py9e TIL Vikings used the bones of slain animals when smithing new weapons believing this would enchant the weapon with the animals spirit. This actually made the weapons stronger because the carbon in the bones coupled with the iron made a primitive version of steel.
l7PPa TIL: that until 1990, British judges would wear a black cap while pronouncing execution sentences, and that it is still used in some ceremonies today
Qwle TIL DC Comics sued the soccer club of Valencia CF for using a “bat logo” vaguely similar to the Batman one, despite Valencia using it since 1919, 20 years prior the creation of Batman
Z8peD TIL that in order for MIT students to graduate, they must pass a swim test as it's deemed "a self-survival skill."
7A8r TIL Stan Musial and his high school basketball teammates threatened to forfeit a basketball tournament because their hotel’s restaurant wouldn’t seat their two African-American teammates with the rest of the team. One of those players was Buddy Griffey, Ken’s father and Jr’s Grandpa