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TIL that Kurt Cobain would find the value of his guitar hilarious. On MTV Unplugged, he joked about a rep from the Lead Belly estate who wanted to sell Kurt Lead Belly's guitar for $500,000. The gu... (www.fuelrocks.com)
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TIL in 2008, a single basketball shot may have saved hundreds of lives. Alabama player Mykal Riley made a 3-point-shot that pushed the game into overtime minutes before an EF-2 Tornado passed by. I... (www.wishtv.com)
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TIL Tom Cruise auditioned for Grease 2 (1982) but was turned down because of his height. Executives said "he's too short to make it in Hollywood" (www.youtube.com)
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TIL the CIA has a venture capital fund it uses to identify and fund various technologies with "national security" interest (www.npr.org)
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TIL there is a factory in Iran that makes US, British, and Israeli flags exclusively for burning during protests. (www.reuters.com)
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TIL that before he was an actor, Peter Dinklage was in a punk-funk-rap group called Whizzy. While playing at the famed CBGB nightclub, he was accidentally kneed in the face so hard that he started ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Oceanic Sharks and Rays Have Declined 70% Since 1970 | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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TIL the band KISS had to change their logo when performing in Germany because their S's looked like the Nazi SS emblem (ultimateclassicrock.com)
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TIL the once-tasty "red delicious" type of apple is now recognized as having declined sharply in quality. Supermarkets wanted to apple to last longer, but the best tasting juicy apples often go bad... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL That the capes the Night's Watch wear from Game of Thrones were made out of cheap Ikea rugs (www.standard.co.uk)
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TIL Searing meat can create a tasty crust, but it does not seal or lock in the meat's juices. (www.thekitchn.com)
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TIL in the 1893 case of Nix v. Hedden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, for purposes of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, tomatoes are vegetables. The Supreme Court relied on the fact that tomatoe... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the Phantom time Conspiracy theory claims the time period AD 614 to 911 never existed. The Theory claims these extra 300 years of History were fabricated in the middle ages to legitimise Otto's... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL cities all over the US made allergies worse by planting all male trees which produce more pollen. (www.verifythis.com)
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TIL Dan Savage, the American author who founded the non-profit organization "It Gets Better Project" in 2010, is also known for coining, in 2001, the term 'pegging" to describe a woman anally penet... (intellectdiscover.com)
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TIL that honey bees can change their mind and "un-sting" something if they haven't torn the stinger out yet (ucanr.edu)
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TIL that Hydra are small freshwater invertebrates whose stem cells exist in a continuous state of renewal. Kept safe and in isolation, these organisms show no signs of aging. (biology.ucdavis.edu)
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TIL the spade-toothed whale, the rarest species of beaked whale, was only known from skull remains until two individuals were beached in New Zealand in 2012. It has never been seen alive. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Known as "the mensch who saved Christmas," CEO Aaron Feuerstein rose to global prominence for paying workers after their factory burned down before Christmas. The company spent $25 million on r... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Mexico is the top producer of silver in the world, producing 5,600 metric tons in 2021. (www.madisontrust.com)
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TIL Sylvester Stallone said that whilst shooting critically-panned D-Tox (2006) the teamsters met the cast at airport holding signs saying DETOX, making it look like Kris Kristofferson, Tom Berenge... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL According to North Korean state media, Kim Jong II was born under a double rainbow on a sacred mountain. And before his death, the skies glowed red and Mount Paektu and the impenetrable sheet o... (www.nbcnews.com)
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TIL when Mattel sued dance-pop group Aqua for defamation over their 1997 hit "Barbie Girl," Court of Appeals judge Alex Kozinski dismissed the case. He concluded his ruling thus: "The parties are a... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that although we are warned to be most afraid of a mother bear and her cubs, nearly 90% of fatal bear attacks are at the paws of lone male bears. (www.adn.com)
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TIL that the United Kingdom has an “uncodified constitution”: Rather than a single document serving as the source of its laws, various Acts of Parliament, court cases, and unwritten conventions tog... (en.wikipedia.org)
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