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TIL the members of post-hardcore band Fugazi refuse to be interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine unless they agree to print an issue with no alcohol/tobacco ads due to their straight edge beliefs

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X1nQ TIL that, in an effort to reduce drunk driving, every New Years Eve the AAA will tow your car and give you a lift home for free, even if you’re not a member (not available in all states)
7r8op TIL Christopher Sabat, the voice actor for Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho, also voiced 18 of the characters from Dragon Ball Z.
wjxJ TIL Alexander Graham Bell took credit for inventing the phone, but Antonio Meucci invented it 5 years earlier… A problem with is patent gave Bell the chance to claim the invention
8gVG TIL An 11 year old boy, dying from brain cancer, told his mother he wanted her to donate his organs so that he could save the lives of other children. He reportedly told her “I have seen many people doing good deeds and I think they are great. I want to be a great child too.”
MoBA TIL Socrates was so annoying that people nicknamed him the Gadfly (horse fly), but instead of an insult he started calling himself the Gadfly.