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TIL that The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” uses the same sample in the beginning as Def Leppard’s “Rock Of Ages”

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W70rY TIL the only wedding ceremony of a president serving in the White House was Grover Cleveland in 1886. At 49, he married a 21-year-old woman he had previously been the legal guardian of, and John Philip Sousa provided the music.
5YWgr TIL that the reigning Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues almost moved to Saskatoon in the 1980's
QJ0Xe TIL George Washington warned about the dangers of political parties, geographical sectionalism, and the interference in foreign wars in his Farewell Address.
KYgjB TIL in 1599, when the local Jivaro Indians in Ecuador got tired of enduring the cruel Spanish governor, who heavily taxed gold miners. The Indians caught this lover of gold and poured molten metal down his throat.
b96p TIL that a Japanese porno called The Naked Continent Charity Project, which depicts pornstars travelling to villages in developing and having sex with natives, donated $10,000 and donates $10 for every DVD sold, to a charity that helps orphans in western Kenya.