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TIL Bono from U2 was named after a hearing aid shop in Dublin

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VMJKD TIL that "Old Town Road" is based around a sample from Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor is listed as one of the songwriters.
R71b7 TIL Cwtch (Welsh; pronounced ‘kutch’, rhyming with ‘butch’) is a special hug that makes you feel safe in the world.
J8BB TIL a soccer team scored 149 own goals in one match protesting a controversial referee decision in previous game
4kK0b TIL The deadliest aviation accident in US history was American flight 191 at O'Hare Airport in Chicago in 1979. The DC-10 passenger plane crashed just after takeoff, killing all 273 people aboard. The FAA promptly banned all DC-10s from flying in US airspace pending investigation.
8aQLK TIL we had x rays before we had antibiotics! (1880s & 1930s)