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TIL that Tom Meighan, the original lead singer of rock band Kasabian, was fired from the band the day before he was to plead guilty to charges of assaulting his fiance, Vikki Ager. One year after pleading guilty to her assault and getting kicked out of the band, Meighan and Ager married.

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5NAQ TIL that if you leave lime juice on your hands on a sunny day, your skin can get second degree burns and be discolored for YEARS… It’s called “margarita dermatitis” because people often get it while making margaritas outside!
Q0ME TIL that the Nijō Palace in Kyoto has special floors that squeak when walked upon, a sound that is very similar to the Nightingale birds. So when attackers tried to kill the Shogun, they would give their position away, but would only think that the birds outside are chirping.
9rvp TIL of Chuck Cunningham syndrome, which describes the TV phenomenon where a character simply disappears, and their absence is never acknowledged and the other characters continue on as if nothing has happened.
ep4Mn TIL that on April 29, 1945, one day before his death, Hitler had doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received. To verify the capsules' potency, Hitler ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, Hitler's dog, who died as a result.
LQYjm TIL Mark Matthews was the oldest living Buffalo Soldier, enlisting in 1910 and retiring in 1949 before becoming a security guard and retiring again in 1970. He died in 2005 at the age of 111.