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TIL that Alice Cooper (the band) broke up in the 70s, at which point their frontman adopted the name Alice Cooper for his solo career. Since the “Alice Cooper” name is registered to the band, Alice Cooper pays the old members of Alice Cooper an annual royalty to use the name “Alice Cooper.”

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BXJx TIL that L. Ron Hubbard was relieved of command of his U.S. Navy ship for accidentally attacking Mexico. His ship later burst into flames and sank.
XEW7X TIL: In 2019, researchers from Tel Aviv University successfully 3D-printed a human heart using a patient's own cells. Biological materials were reportedly used to "completely match the immunological, cellular, biochemical, and anatomical properties of the patient,"
OG7ne TIL the first film made about the sinking of the Titanic premiered 31 days after the event and starred an actress who survived the disaster. To add to the film's authenticity, she wore the same clothes as on the night of the sinking.
ObZL TIL that according to the Inflation theory, our unobservable universe may be 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times larger than the already mind-bogglingly massive observable universe.
KO9A6 TIL Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti released an album titled "Zombie" in 1976 that criticized the Nigerian government. As result, they murdered his mother and destroyed his commune.