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TIL that before Guns N'Roses, Slash once auditioned for the band Poison, he decided not to join when he was asked about wearing make up.

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46Za TIL that in Denmark, it is illegal to burn foreign flags, but not illegal to burn the Danish flag.
rNLK1 TIL Boston Latin School, founded in 1635, was the first U.S. public school. Although it has changed locations several times, it remains in operation today. Famous alumni include John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Cotton Mather and Joseph Kennedy.
ADlOg TIL The German Empire committed genocide in Namibia from 1904-1908, killing upto 110000 natives, making it one of the earliest attempts at genocide in the 20th century. In 2015 the German government refused to consider reparations for the act.
p86A TIL the Pope had to make a decree that Native Americans were “rational beings with souls” and not to be enslaved in 1537.
R5g41 TIL an Oregon man trapped in the snow for 5 days survived by eating Taco Bell hot sauce packets