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TIL The lead singer of the Gin Blossoms was forced out of the band due to addictions issues, and the record company withheld $15k owed to him until he signed over most his royalties. Shortly after the band scored a hit single with one his songs. He committed suicide a few months later.

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YgXr TIL that when Manfred von Richtofen (the Red Baron) was shot down and killed in 1918, the British Army gave him a full military funeral, complete with clergy, a gun salute and a wreath inscribed with, “To Our Gallant and Worthy Foe.”
18Vr TIL of The Grandmaster Experiment: Man finds wife based on her committal to creating children with the sole purpose of training them to become geniuses. He succeeds and has 3 daughters - all of which became Chess Grandmasters and the first women to achieve such status.
BXVd TIL that the first ever storage device used by Google was made out of LEGO because it presented an easy way to store several hard-drives.
9wNmr TIL that Body Dysmorphic Disorder has been historically diagnosed, one case including the ‘Wolf Man’ (1886-1979) who was so preoccupied with his nose, and believed that it was so ugly that he avoided all public life and work.
5ly9 TIL that Animal House was filmed on campus at University of Oregon only because the dean had previously refused to shoot The Graduate on that same campus, and he regretted that decision so much, he allowed Animal House to be filmed there.