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TIL that Madonna did a cover of Pantera's "A New Level" for Dimebag

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pyM8 TIL: In 1971, Hunter S Thompson ran for Sheriff of Aspen. His campaign included replacing the streets with grass, allowing controlled drug sales, and renaming Aspen “Fat City”. His candidacy was so strong that the other two candidates colluded in order to stop him from winning.
mDQO TIL that the 27th amendment, which forbids congress from raising their own pay during their term, was proposed by James Madison in 1789 and wasn’t ratified until 1992.
EgrBo TIL before he could start editing and technically enhancing the "Get Back" documentary Peter Jackson first had to listen to 130 hours of audio and watch 57 hours of film footage of the Beatles writing and rehearsing
NX6EQ TIL America's GDP was smaller than Europe's until 2011. Now there's a huge gap and it keeps widening
kO1Ve TIL that when the 24-7-365 restaurant Denny’s decided to close for Christmas in 1988 many stores realized that they didn’t have any keys, or even locks, since they never used them. 700 of the 1221 restaurants needed to get new locks installed for the holiday.