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TIL that the song Jeremy by pearl jam was based on actual events

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9Y8pG TIL that in 2013, a Texas woman tried to kill a snake by dousing it in gasoline and setting it on fire. The snake's final act of defiance was to slither into the house and set it on fire.
16kZX TIL the 2011 PlayStation Network outage, where hackers seized the personal information of 77m users, was partially due to Sony removing Linux support from the PlayStation 3.
4kRNa TIL the 1954 Auburn vs Florida State football game featured a future governor in Fob James and a later legendary broadcaster in Lee Corso but the highlight came when Burt Reynolds sprinted 53 yards for a touchdown.
8eeXL TIL in Southern Norway there’s the world’s largest underwater restaurant, with seating capacity for 100 guests, and it was also awarded one star in both the 2020/21 edition of the prestigious Michelin Guide
D19Jp TIL that the United States hosts more migrants than the next four countries combined.