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TIL that after five months, Guns N’ Roses’ first album attracted only modest interest. MTV then humored a request from their label by airing “Welcome to the Jungle” at 4am on a Sunday. Sales exploded, eventually selling 15 million copies in the US alone, one of the best debuts in history.

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0dPm1 TIL Isadore in Ida Strauss, the founders of the Macy's department store, died on the Titanic. They have a great-great-granddaughter. Who was she married to? Stockton Rush. The guy who died on the Oceangate/Titanic submersible implosion.
P14VG TIL that my favorite Halloween song, "Thriller," was written by an Englishman named Rod Temperton. The list of popular songs that he wrote blew me away. I really enjoyed listening to all of those songs on the radio when I was growing up and I'd never heard his name. "The Invisible Man" indeed!
Z897R TIL after vocalist Chris Cornell committed suicide, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington performed "Hallelujah" at his funeral. 2 months later, following Bennington's death, Cornell's twelve-year-old daughter (who was also Bennington's goddaughter) performed "Hallelujah" as a tribute to the both of them
nW5wd TIL Bill Gates won't leave his $76 billion fortune to his kids. He only plans on giving a "measly" $10 million so they can find their own self-worth.
pBrA TIL Tom Hardy had to wear stilts in his boots when portraying Bane in the Dark Knight Rises to make him appear taller and more imposing than Christian Bale’s Batman