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TIL that Arkham Asylum, an insane asylum appearing in numerous Batman/DC storylines, was taken directly from the work of H.P Lovecraft

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v19B4 TIL Eddie Van Halen (who passed away a year ago today) held three guitar invention patents: the most notable being a guitar support system plate "that rests upon the player’s leg leaving both hands to explore the musical instrument like never before. "
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rgEo TIL that over 2000 large man-made tunnels, known as “Erdstall”, have been discovered across Europe, and nobody knows who made them or why
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