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TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd the band who had a massive hit with their song 'Sweet Home Alabama' are actually from Jacksonville, Florida

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e0Jpb TIL the first lottery ever was held in 1441 in Bruges, Belgium
ZlO4 TIL After just finishing film school, two students wanted to make a film but could only afford one room. They challenged themselves to make a film that only occured in one room and later released it as “Saw.”
4OyN TIL in one of the earliest instances of investigative journalism (1872), a reporter with the New York Tribune had himself commited/sectioned in order to report on abuse in mental asylums. His work led to the release of twelve incorrectly diagnosed patients and a change in the “lunacy laws.”
5VgZp TIL about "Man Proposes, God Disposes", an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Edwin Landseer inspired by the search for Franklin's lost expedition. The painting, which depicts polar bears among the wreckage of the expedition, is considered haunted and a bad omen.
Oo6EY TIL of the "Kappa". A Japanese mythical creature that will assault humans and steal a mythical organ from the victim's anus.