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TIL that Rihanna banned fans from bringing umbrellas to her U.K. concerts. She was afraid people would get injured if fans tried to copy her dance moves with the umbrellas when she performed “Umbrella"

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Boky TIL in 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA before he installed some PC software. The agreement included a clause offering ‘financial compensation’ to licensees who actually read the license agreement. He emailed the company, referred to the clause and the company sent him a check for $1,000
PYERJ TIL Quetzalcoatl once got so drunk he slept with his sister, Quetzalpetlatl. Upon waking up the next day, he realized what he did, had a stone box built for him, laid down in it, and set himself on fire.
4JZ6 TIL that condition named face blindness leaves sufferers unable to recognize faces of people they already know and Brad Pitt said he suffers from it.
awG5Z TIL about Ushkuyniks , Russian pirates who imitated Vikings & terrorised rivers of Novgorod.
wNb8 TIL U.S. Medal of Honor recipient Pililaʻau was found surrounded by 40 dead Korean soldiers and him holding a trench knife.