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TIL In the middle ages they tortured lousy musicians

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R79Oa TIL Melanie Griffith's family kept a lion as a pet. Her family started raising big cats to later make a movie with them in it.
x6L1 TIL Australia used to have bars close at 6 pm, which fueled an after-work hour-long speed-drinking session called the “six o'clock swill”.
e5ND TIL lead singer of Alice in Chains Layne Staley was found laying dead next to several spray paint cans with a fully loaded syringe in his right hand and one still attached to his leg. His height was 6 feet but he only weighed 86 pounds upon finding him.
EyaV TIL During the Iraq War, in 2003 after receiving a tip regarding the location of Uday Hussein, the soldiers that arrived didn’t want to approach the building for safety, to confirm the tip was accurate they had a soldier go and hotwire Uday’s Lamborghini, which had been a gift from Muammar Qaddafi.
grxX7 TIL about the 15-in Rodman Cannon. The balls fired by the Rodman were 500 to 600lb, and took 50lb of black powder to shoot their shot.