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TIL Soundgarden did a 1 minute cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s duet “2 Minute’s Silence,” claiming to have cut Yoko’s minute from the track.

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jjOX TIL that of all the 14,748 homicides in the US in 2010, roughly 43% of the victims were African-American, a group who only make up 13% of the population; furthermore, a majority of the victims were young black males, while the perpetrators were similarly young black males.
LQr0Z TIL Patrick Swayze’s Vietnam draft lottery number of 141 was called in 1970, but he quite probably avoided the draft due to a career ending knee injury he received while playing high school football.
VeNp TIL when you get a sunburn, it’s not your skin cells being damaged by the sun and dying, it’s your skin cells’ DNA being damaged by the sun and them killing themselves so they don’t turn into cancer.
a8YRL TIL The Kamikaze attacks during the Battle of Okinawa were so intense Admiral Spruance had to transfer flagships twice. First from USS Indianapolis to USS New Mexico, and then to USS New Jersey.
DQpgJ TIL that the word Blockbuster comes from an actual bomb used during WWII.