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TIL In Scrubs, Ted’s (played by Sam Lloyd) band ‘The Worthless Peons’ is Sam Lloyd’s actual a capella band 'The Blanks’ which he formed in college.

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6ERmZ TIL that 9 of the 10 most common birthdays in the United States are in September.
X0vbk TIL the city of Los Angeles pays more for parking enforcement/writing tickets than the parking tickets themselves actually generate in revenue for the city.
KWgJ TIL that Rhode Island fielded a regiment during the Revolutionary war filled with Black soldiers, because they couldn’t get enough Whites to sign up.
gM94y TIL Sales of packaged or processed foods are declining. Many Americans are turning away from foods whose ingredients aren’t “fresh” or “natural.” There is a mounting distrust of so-called “Big Food”, the large food companies and legacy brands that millions of consumers have relied on for so long.
BrXYD TIL Ulysses S. Grant was broke and dying of throat cancer, when Mark Twain offered an unheard of 75% of royalties to his widow for him to write his memoirs. Julia Grant received $450,000 dollars from royalties.