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TIL Pig Latin replaced Dog Latin after centuries as the dominant silly-talk

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Y7keG TIL Paul McCartney agreed to join the board of organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival on the condition that the Jimi Hendrix Experience be invited to perform. They were invited and Jimi ended his performance by lighting his guitar on fire, immediately making him a rock legend.
Z87bB TIL In 2001 Charles Ingram won the grand prize (£1,000,000) on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” by having a friend in the audience cough on the right answer. He was suspected of cheating, and after review of the recordings the accusation was confirmed. He was charged for deception.
MaXW TIL Fighters who lose by knockout are automatically suspended for 30 days, three months if it is the second knockout within three months, or one year if it is the third knockout within one year.
7JMx TIL that Aaron Bruno, lead singer of AWOLNATION, wrote and recorded “Sail” in two hours, in one take. The sound engineer felt it needed a redo because of some distortion. Bruno replied “Who cares? No one’s gonna care about this song anyway.”
69Kow TIL there have been several documented cases where golfers were accidentally killed by the shaft of their golf club after it broke.