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TIL Anthony Kiedis once missed a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert because he was off scoring drugs, so Keith Morris filled in on vocals and just yelled and made up lyrics because he didn’t know any of the songs.

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nok7 TIL that the 164 graduates in the 1915 United States Military Academy Class produced 59 Generals and 1 President, and is called “The class the stars fell on.”
ADny4 TIL the real-life inspiration for "The Americans" was not Cold War spies, but 10 Russian deep-cover agents captured in 2010; but the show creator was unimpressed by the public's lukewarm reaction to the case, and figured the story would make for better TV if set in the Cold War.
xVWEB TIL of Jean de Selys Longchamps, a Belgian aristocrat who flew with the RAF during World War II. After learning that his father had been murdered by the Nazis, he flew to Brussels and machine gunned the Gestapo headquarters. He was demoted for insubordination but also awarded a medal for heroism
AN7Lx TIL a 15 year old girl named Marsha Albert was responsible for Beatlemania in the United States in the early 1960’s.
1Z5W TIL In 1967, A 26 year old Australian Nurse used borrowed money to buy a plane which she flew into the Outback to eradicate Polio. She died at age 35 of cancer, and is remembered as one of the Great Women Pilots of the 20th Century