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TIL that Jimmy Page was told that his new band would be a disaster and "go down like a lead balloon." He changed the spelling of "lead" to "led" (so it wouldn't be mispronounced "leed") and changed "balloon" to "zeppelin", naming the band Led Zeppelin

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yVABa TIL in the Phoenix Metro area, the water utility still offers flood irrigation to homeowners. Twice per month, they will flood your entire property to 1 ft. deep for ~$0.0006/gal (homes with ~0.2 acre only pay $152.25/mo.)!
9wxKB TIL: The Challenger mission in 1986, which exploded live on TV and killed everyone on board, originally planned to have Big Bird as a passenger instead of a civilian teacher.
Oo6DX TIL of Virginia Wade who makes $30K a month writing Bigfoot porn erotica
R59xl TIL that Heath Ledger refused to present the Oscars in 2007 after he and Jake Gyllenhaal were asked to make fun of their "Brokeback Mountain" characters' romance
wLWgo TIL That during Live Aid 1985 Phil Collins was traveling to the U.S to perform his second set via Concorde after performing his first set in the UK. On the plane he ran into Cher who had no idea that this historic concert was taking place. She performed on the final song 'We are the World'