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TIL Nirvana purposefully butchered a live performance of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" because the venue forced them to use a pre-recorded backtrack

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8epoP TIL in 1913 factory manager Leo Frank was convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan based largely on the testimony of janitor Jim Conley, who said Frank paid him to dispose of the body. Frank was lynched by an angry mob. Later investigation strongly suggests that Conley was the real killer all along.
eRbL TIL houses in Amsterdam have hooks built into the top front to help people move things in and out of upper story windows
R5K7j TIL wasp farming and hunting is a traditional practice in the prefecture of Gifu in Japan. And Hebo gohei mochi (grilled sticky rice coated in a sauce made of miso, peanuts and wasp larvae) is a local delicacy that's served during their yearly wasp festival: Kushihara Hebo Matsuri.
peAG TIL On this day in 1987 R. Budd Dwyer would commit suicide on national tv thus inspiring Filter’s song Hey Man, Nice Shot
J1v0j TIL that in Christian tradition, Zacchaeus, the short guy who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, and who Christian kids usually call a "wee little man", later became the first Bishop of Caesarea