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TIL a 3 second clip from Bill Wither's "Use Me" was used by Kendrick, Kanye, J. Cole, Drake, Nas, and Logic.

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JoJ8 TIL the guitar Slash plays on November Rain is a 59 Les Paul that Aerosmiths Joe Perry used in the 1970s before selling it. Perry wanted it back but lost track of it until a friend saw it in a magezine article about Slash. Slash didn’t want to sell, but gave it to Perry for his 50th birthday.
kvX1 TIL Donald Rumsfeld was behind the questionable legalisation of Aspartame
nZbW TIL of a homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.
4XdVX TIL cougars are the largest cat to meow/purr. Large cats that roar are incapable of making these noises due to tough cartilage that prevents the larynx from vibrating.
Xr9P TIL that, according to a UN study, almost 1 in 4 men in the Asia-Pacific area has admitted raping someone.