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TIL 80's group "Jefferson Starship" broke up when the drummer beat the lead singer so badly he required 3 titanium plates, 60 staples and facial reconstructive surgery. The drummer was never charged in the attack.

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eprK6 TIL the dodo was not hunted to extinction. Its extinction was most likely the result of hurricanes, local floods, deforestation, and their eggs and young being eaten by pigs and monkeys.
9YR5B TIL that when driving a car in Albania, you are required by law to have in your car: a first aid kit, headlamp beam deflectors, a fire extinguisher, a basic emergency repair kit, a warning triangle, a reflective vest, and spare bulbs
A5Gd TIL Steve Carell owns the old Marshfield General Store, in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He and his family spend their summers there and he bought it as an “emotional investment … to help preserve a little piece of history”.
8eQLV TIL a zoologist figured out the lifecycle of the parasitic intestinal worm Ascaris Lumbricoides in 1879 by purposely swallowing eggs discovered in a human corpse infected with the worms
eQZE TIL the Australian Mk 3 Centurion 169041 was nicknamed “The Atomic Tank” due to it surviving a 9.1kt blast from 460m away. The tank was simply driven off after the test and went on to spend another 23 years in service, including time in the Vietnam war.