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TIL a record company once sued singer John Fogerty for plagiarizing a song written by...John Fogerty!

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LQ5Nv TIL in the 1970s, musician Gordon Sumner of Wallsend, England, had a habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes when playing with a jazz band in northern England. The bandleader thought it made him look like a bee or a wasp, prompting the nickname "Sting".
Brb1e TIL Portage Place mall was built to counter the decline of downtown Winnipeg in 1987. Barely a year since it opened, there were doubts of the shopping centre's success as shoppers stayed away and it became a hangout for young people
rRL5y TIL: Stephen King wrote over 15 books in his career!
kOexe TIL that the same chemical which gives beets their "earthy" taste is also partially responsible for the smell the occurs when rain falls after a long dry spell.
7r01M TIL Film Industry of Nigeria (Nollywood) was ranked as world's second largest film producer with 872 films in 2009, ahead of the United States(485), Japan(417), China(330), and France(203). It was only left behind by India with 1091 films.