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TIL: Johnny Cash Covered Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" and Was Nominated for a Grammy in the Category of Best Male Country Vocal Performance

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LlJ9 TIL Count Dracula got his name from his father being in a secret knight order named “Order of the Dragon” whose job was to protect Christianity from Ottoman empire
J1XLV TIL Nordstrom's accepted a return of used tires from a customer because Nordstrom's bought three stores from the company that sold the original tires. The company even hangs tires in some break rooms to demonstrate their commitment to customer service.
ADxrl TIL that the 29th May (also this Friday) is officially “Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day”: before refrigerators were invented in the 1920s, families in Europe and the USA would place a piece of cloth on their larder for good luck once a year.
KYDD6 TIL A $286K painting was discovered by an art historian because he was watching Stuart Little with his daughter & noticed it in the background of this scene. It had been purchased for cheap by a set designer who had no clue it was a world-famous painting believed to be lost since 1928.
oB5bE TIL Continuous ingestion of Colloidal Silver [an alternative medicine] can cause skin to turn an irreversible blue/grey color - a condition called Argyria