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TIL that Led Zeppelin may have played at the Wheaton Youth Center in Maryland, but with no known recordings, photographs, or any other physical evidence that the concert took place, it has turned into something of an urban legend.

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xbMo TIL that the use of Santa Rosa High School in the horror film Scream (1996) was denied just days before filming was to begin. As a result, the city was blacklisted in Hollywood and a note included in the closing credits; “No thanks whatsoever to the Santa Rosa City School District Governing Board”
nWEPG TIL that an American Governor-General of the Philippines, Francis Burton Harrison, would later be naturalized as a Philippine citizen by act of the National Assembly of the Philippines at the request of President Manuel L. Quezon after Harrison had expressed interest in it despite not qualifying
KOAdw TIL that Insane Clown Posse were once on a Disney owned record label. On the scheduled day of release for their record "The Great Milenko" however, Disney recalled all 100,000 shipped units upon discovering the graphic nature of the album's lyrical content.
8aLjG TIL of the Heaven's Gate cult who believed an alien space ship was trailing a comet. Several dozen people joined the "Heaven's Gate Away Team" and committed a series of ritual suicides. Among the victims, Thomas Nichols, brother of actress Nichelle Nichols who played Uhura in the original Star Trek.
YpeZr TIL that Electric Avenue was a serious song about broken dreams, inequality, and the 1981 riots in Brixton, UK; and not just a catchy tune from my youth.