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TIL the WWE is staged - completely scripted

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GY8BJ TIL earmuffs were invented in 1873 by a 15 year old farmer’s son with an elementary-level education who was tired of his ears getting cold while ice skating. It led to his hometown of Farmington, Maine being known as the “earmuff capital of the world”
gMj44 TIL "Strange Fruit" is a song recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. It protests the lynching of Black Americans, with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees. The song has been called "a declaration of war" and "the beginning of the civil rights movement".
M8v8 TIL that “Tory”, the common term for a member of the British conservative party, is derived from the Irish word “tóraí”, meaning outlaw, criminal
R5KE7 TIL that when Indianapolis attempted to relocate Greenlawn Cemetery in 1899, they discovered that most of the graves had been robbed. The bodies were likely stolen for use as dissection subjects at local medical schools.
awkW9 TIL A beggar was caught outside a mosque in Kuwait telling worshipers that he badly needed cash and that he had no home. Since it is illegal, he was arrested and police discovered he had over 500,000 Kuwaiti Dinars in his bank account (US$1,650,000)