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TIL that Rush’s lead singer goes by “Geddy” because that’s how his Polish grandmother pronouced his given name - “Gary”

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D1NXJ TILL during the Night of the Long Knives, the Nazis accidentally killed a music critic called Willi Schmid, when their intended target had been someone with a similar surname. A few days after his death, Rudolf Hess visited Willi’s widow and apologised for the mistake, and offered her a pension.
wLLKJ TIL the term 'soap operas' originated from daily 15 minute programs on the radio and were so-called because they were sponsored by soap companies, such as Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble. Soap operas were specifically engineered to appeal to women with the intention of increasing sale of soap
pY88A TIL Christopher Lee helped assassinate "the Butcher of Prague"
R7om6 TIL that the ground cinnamon sold in most stores is actually derived from "cassia", a tree related to "true cinnamon".
b6Ym7 TIL that Robert Williams was the first known human to be killed by a robot, in 1979.