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TIL the Jamaican bobsled team received $30,000 in Dogecoin, funding their trip to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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v5gR TIL “Smoke on the Water” is a true story – it’s about a Zappa and Mothers of Invention concert where the whole place caught fire and burned down. Deep Purple were there to witness the whole thing.
Oo0PL TIL that Lyndon B Johnson once gave an impromptu news conference to a reporter and two colleagues while completely nude. It was a hot day, so he just took off all of his clothes as he was talking to them, acting like everything was completely normal.
wookE TIL that Winston Churchill repeatedly recommended to King George V that a battleship be named the Oliver Cromwell, despite Cromwell’s killing of a previous king
OoLpg TIL that Alessandro Volta not only invented battery, but also discovered and isolated methane and was a prime minister of short-lived Cisalpine Republic
1nP8 TIL that a bottle of Vitamin Water (20 oz) contains more sugar than three Krispy Kreme doughnuts