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TIL that in 1994, Pearl Jam canceled their summer tour after discovering Ticketmaster was adding unfair service charges. In protest, they began building their own venues in rural areas and sold tickets directly to fans to keep prices low and avoid corporate influence.

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17JP TIL that a man was injected with Plutonium without his knowledge or consent and survived for 20 years, eventually surviving the highest radiation dose known for any human
RWPw TIL that goldfish have teeth in the back of their throat
aw9oN TIL that Iraq dug extensive trenches prior to the Gulf War. The US army responded by mounting plows on tanks, and drove them through 70 miles of trenches guarded by 8,000 soldiers. Most Iraqi soldiers were buried alive, making a body count impossible. There were zero American casualties.
D1b5v TIL: After training together to fly the the Apollo-Soyuz docking mission between USA and USSR in 1975, American astronaut Thomas Stafford and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov remained life long friends, and Leonov even became the godfather to Stafford's younger children.
EZow TIL: MIT has an on campus pistol range and team. 2005 they beat West Point, Naval Acad, and Military Acad, in an NRA competition.