TIL the band Grateful Dead got its name in 1965 after Jerry Garcia found the term in the Britannica World Language Dictionary along with the definition "the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial".
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by big_macaroons t3_z2xam8 in todayilearned
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