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TIL: "heavy metal" music's origin began with the songwriter getting a Ford Falcon

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P1mME TIL that Terrence Malick has been editing his latest film for 6 years. Shooting wrapped in 2019.
78oVp TIL that John Mayer has a "SRV" tattoo on his arm for Stevie Ray Vaughn that is actually "SRU" because Stevie's guitar tech accidentally placed a letter U instead of a V on Stevie's guitar.
nemxo TIL due to volcanic uplift, the beach on Iwo Jima where US troops came ashore in 1945 is now 56ft (17m) above sea level, and the beach where Captain Cook sent his surveying crew ashore in 1779 is now 131ft (40m) above sea level.
neAGb TIL in 1969, 17 year old Cuban, Armando Socarras Ramirez survived hiding in the right wheel well of a Douglas DC-8 on an eight-hour flight from Havana to Madrid. Upon landing he was found on the ground covered in ice and not breathing, Dubbed ''the popsicle" by Spanish doctors, he recovered fully.
loLDr TIL Alex Trebek has been in broadcast for almost 60 years. He hosted many shows that flopped before found by Merv Griffin and put on Jeopardy.