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TIL while on a hunting trip, guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains forgot that November only had 30 days, missing a scheduled performance on December 1st. The next day, he received a calendar as a gift from Columbia records.

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pYE5e TIL that a lot of optimization algorithms are based on the observation of nature (ACO,PSO, genetic algorithms, honeybee algorithms, etc...)
a87My TIL In 1979 Fotomat started renting videos, 6 years before the creation of Blockbuster Video. Customers would order from a catalog, call the local Fotomat, and pick it up the next day for a 5 day rental at $12.95. They had exclusive contracts for Disney and Paramount films. Discontinued in 1982.
6Ev4Z TIL Platypus venom causes excruciating pain that can last for months on end, which cannot be relieved with conventional painkillers. Not even morphine works against it. The venom causes victims to become nauseated, suffer from cold sweats, and can even cause muscles to waste away.
d7pK TIL Ubisoft fixed their game by using a cracked executable made by the warez group Reloaded to pirate their game. The signature of the Reloaded group was still in the patch when it was cracked open.
M77mB TIL In 1969, an American destroyer named USS Frank E. Evans collided with an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea at 3:00am because the commanding officer was asleep and left two inexperienced lieutenants in charge. The ship turned the wrong way, collided, & sank, killing 74 people