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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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BrNxb TIL that the world’s roundest object, a silicon-28 atom sphere, was created to perfectly define the weight of a kilogram. These spheres are so precisely round that if they were the size of the Earth, there would only be a 3-5 meter difference between Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench.
yLkX TIL Coors’ organization for Gay and Lesbian employees is called Lesbian and Gay Employee Resource (LAGER).
xVnYw TIL Girl Guides were used for espionage in the first world war. Boy Scouts were also used at the start, but they were too talkative and boisterous.
XE4Qk TIL that Gandhi used to sleep every night with naked teenage girls to stress test his vows of celibacy against the beguiling charms of the erotic
RJ6a TIL that goldfish are a completely manmade species and have no natural habitat. Originally domesticated as food, they began being selectively bred for their color—the result of a genetic mutation. Today, their color, size, shape, and fins are the result of thousands of years of selective breeding.