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TIL that following 9/11, ClearChannel internally released a list of songs that were deemed inappropriate to play live, including ( among others ) Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly, or Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

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ADDKB TIL that Ted Kaczynski got the codename "UNABOMBER" because his bombings targeted Universities "UN" and Airlines "A"
VB650 TIL a Palestinian killed a democratic US Senator
KeQ9 TIL Chlorine was originally put into pools to stop the spread of Polio.
DdWj TIL Regardless of bladder size, all mammals pee for approximately 21 seconds
woDdY TIL that during the Battle of Trafalgar, only one ship was destroyed (the Achille on the Franco-Spanish side) through direct combat via a fire that reached the magazine, causing an explosion. While the British were able to capture 17 enemy ships without losing any of their ships during the battle.