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TIL that the year before Spinal Tap was released, British comedians made their own mockumentary about a spoof heavy metal band called Bad News

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e0ZxJ TIL that while fighting in WWII Battle of Bougainville, Tony Stein modified a .30 caliber ANM3 Browning aircraft machine gun which he picked up from a wrecked dive bomber into a personal weapon firing 1200-1500 rounds per minute, which he named “The Stinger”.
0PpN TIL that the Chinese phrase for “the general public” literally translates to the “Old 100 Families” as the 100 most common Chinese surnames account for 84.77% of China’s population. To reach this percentage in the US, you’d need to include approx. 150,000 surnames.
wL5X8 TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn't recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, "I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
wLEP6 TIL The airspeed velocity of an unladen Swallow is roughly 24mph.
6E6Y TIL: September 6th, 2012 is the 20th anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series