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TIL that in 2019, Liverpool FC tried to trademark the word ‘Liverpool’, but the bid was rejected due to the “geographical significance” of the city

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ne49o TIL because Grover Cleveland served on two non-consecutive terms as President, people get confused about the number of men that served as US Presidents (44) vs the number of Presidential Administrations (45).
yEyV TIL A production engineer deleted the original recording of the third verse of “Stan” by Eminem. Eminem messed up on the last three lines, and the engineer accidentally re-recorded over the whole thing because he was high. When confronted by Eminem, his response was “My bad man…you wanna hit this?”
BrDed TIL one of the most important Allied aircraft of WWII, the De Havilland Mosquito, was built mainly from wood
LkBmV TIL there was a video game battle involving 7,546 people that spanned 2 days, and resulting in the destruction of between $300,000 and $330,000 in assests. Its the largest and most expensive video game battle ever
ZpaYv TIL The song 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton is rooted to the 9to5 movement in which secretaries and working women stood up for their rights to be treated equal in the workplace