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TIL Stephen King Believed his popularity to be an accident, So King wrote under a pen name “Richard Bachman”. The books sold equally well, and King was outed. Happy birthday Stephen King!

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697LZ TIL that The Marshall Tucker Band was named for a blind piano tuner in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band rented a warehouse space in 1973. The key was etched with the name Marshall Tucker. He was the previous tenant to the space. Tucker passed away on January 20th, 2023 at age 99.
e0Rx6 TIL: in 1914 for the 4th running of the Indy 500, the rules were changed to no longer allow drivers to consume alcohol during the race after the winner in 1913 drank champagne during pit stops.
e1NL TIL People who grew up with black and white TV are more likely to dream in monochrome than those who grew up with color TV.
GPv4 TIL that rented out VHS copies of Fast Times of Ridgemont High broke at a higher frequency than any other movie due to people mass pausing and rewinding Pheobe Cates’ famous topless scene.
0drw5 TIL that Europeans used to rent pineapples to display as status symbols