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TIL That Eric Church was fired from being Rascal Flatts opening act for playing too long, and was replaced by Taylor Swift, which started her career. She gave Church her first gold record as a thanks for getting fired.

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YlVr TIL A photo of a man stealing a wallet in a store was on the bottom of The Lewiston Tribune on December 14, 2007. Above it was an unrelated photo of a man painting a business. Readers noticed both men were wearing the same clothes. They were identified to be the same person leading to his arrest.
v51j TIL a man tried to assassinate President Andrew Jackson. The man was apprehended after President Jackson beat him with his cane.
ANNQ4 TIL McKamey Manor, an EXTREME haunted house attraction in Tennessee in which the guests must sign a liability waiver to participate: can't leave the experience without permission& subjected to various forms of physical and psychological torture: having bones broken, teeth removed, & being drugged.
R54V8 TIL That while Kmart in the US is all but dead, with only 1 traditional store remaining, Kmart Australia is wildly popular with nearly 300 locations.
WkyXX TIL that an individual red knot bird, tagged as B-95, has flown the distance to the moon and halfway back over his lifetime.