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TIL that Metallica performed in Antarctica just to break a record and be the first musical act to perform on all 7 continents.

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Zp8ZB TIL 3% of the general population has antisocial personality disorder: a mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people.
0dmpp TIL that chimpanzees also wage wars. The Gombe Chimpanzee War pitted two groups against each other for four years.
Kj5E TIL John Morales, the voice actor behind “McGruff the Crime Dog”, a cartoon used by the American police in building crime awareness amongst children, is currently serving a 16 year prison sentence.
WlPB TIL there was such bad communication between the officers on the Titanic that the ship’s quartermaster, George Rowe, did not know the ship was sinking until he asked why he had seen lifeboats being lowered into the water
OGgQ1 TIL that Mattel unsuccessfully sued the record label of the band Aqua, alleging their song "Barbie Girl" infringed upon the toy manufacturers trademark and damaged its image.