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TIL Eddie Vedder went incognito on a Pearl Jam message board posting correct versions of song lyrics, only to be told by users he was wrong. "That’s when I realized I don’t have time to get in the ring."

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MeVRa TIL in 2010, a Kansas State University professor went on a Twinkie diet, where he ate mainly Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos to prove to his students that calorie counting is the important part of losing weight, not nutritional content. He lost 27 pounds in 2 months.
4XgvJ TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all of their ink cartridges
vrK4 TIL Elevator ‘close door’ buttons in the U.S. were made to be unresponsive or have a delayed response because of a section in the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) that mandates the doors stay open a min. of 3 seconds to allow those with disabilities to enter/exit
9wJ7p TIL “Extra Extra! Read all about it!” Was used by Newsies to sell special edition newspapers called “extras”, not actual excess newspapers.
grop4 TIL former The Cult and Guns n' Roses' Matt Sorum started his professional career as the drummer of Tori Amos' first band, Y Kant Tori Read, in 1988.