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TIL "Desperado" was not a hit for the Eagles until Linda Ronstadt recorded it. According to an interview with Don Henley

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4NG6 TIL one of the few actual quick-draw duels in the Old West occurred on July 21, 1865 between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt. Despite the popular perception of lawlessness in the Old West, Hickok was tried for manslaughter after winning the duel.
KYMra TIL about Kenneth Pinyan, who died from fatal internal injuries received during anal sex with a stallion
WVvY TIL that one reason leading to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 was that the new gun cartridges they were issued was wrapped in paper greased with cow and pig fat, which had to be opened by mouth.
4X9E6 TIL that Rolling Stone Magazine published a 6-page article of future stand-up comic Bert Kreischer while he was attending Florida State University. The article, naming him the top partyer at the nation’s number one party school, became the inspiration for National Lampoon’s Van Wilder.
Y7X5Z TIL Walter Johnson’s record of 3508 career strikeouts stood for nearly 50 years before 3 different pitchers (Ryan, Carlton, & Perry) each broke the record in the 1983 season.