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TIL after the band The Sisters of Mercy split up, singer Andrew Eldritch heard his ex-bandmates were starting a new band called The Sisterhood. Eldritch secured legal rights to the name, and released a critically panned single the same day his ex-bandmates played their debut show. Both bands failed.

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MeQBA TIL that following the 2010 Olympics, a sled dog tour company based out of Whistler sought a veterinarian to euthanize 56 dogs because of a downturn in business. When the vet refused to kill healthy animals, an employee shot them “execution-style” or slit their throats.
N108 TIL There is a 230 foot long sea organ on the coast of Croatia. The organ, designed by architect Nikola Basic has 35 tubes that make music whenever the waves crash into them.
9Q7D TIL The BBC News channel has a show dedicated to viewers criticising how well they have reported the weeks events
d8x58 TIL Ghana and Ivory Coast produce at least 70 percent of the world's cocoa beans. And the world is running out of cocoa farmers as the next generation refuses to take up this job because of the difficulty of the process and wages as low as 84 cents a day.
QJO4e TIL 25 to 30 Percent of People Sneeze When Eating Dark Chocolate