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TIL That Paramore broke “The Nashville Curse” by being the first band from the Tennessee city to have an album go platinum in 20 years.

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awGDy TIL of a sea sponge that has a skeleton made of glass which has better strength, flexibility and fracture resistance than manufactured optic fibre.
nej9P TIL that in 1865 the dictator of Paraguay plunged his country into an ill-advised war with Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. In just five years, Paraguay lost over half its population, including up to 90% of its men. It was arguably the worst military defeat ever suffered by a modern nation state.
AYm7 TIL, Vicuna, the source of the world’s rarest fabric, can’t be farmed because the animals starve themselves in captivity.
DxdJ TIL Willie Nelson smoked a joint on the rooftop of the White House as Secret Service looked on.
oBdp8 TIL The Walter Reade Organization mistakenly omitting the logo © when renaming George A. Romero's originally titled "Night of the Flesh Eaters" made Night of the Living Dead public domain. Thus, we'll never know how much the film made worldwide from all its unapproved showings, copies and sales.