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TIL Grenadiers were originally tall and strong soldiers who specialized in just throwing grenades. In the 18th century, grenades lost popularity so grenadiers were repurposed as elite soldiers.

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9YE9m TIL in 1990 rap group 2 Live Crew’s album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” was ruled obscene by a Florida judge and was subsequently banned. Record store owners and employees were arrested for selling the album.
0wNvp TIL of Carl McCunn, a wildlife photographer who arranged to be flown out to remote Alaskan wilderness but forgot to schedule when he'd be picked up. He wrote of a plane spotting him stranded, in his excitement he accidentally gave the pilot an "All is well" signal, his diary was found with his body
JYeWV TIL Invented around 1770, the basset horn was pitched a fourth lower than the traditional clarinet (F) and is described to have a rich tone. Mozart liked its sound so much that wrote multiples pieces specifically for his clarinetist friend. As the orchestra started to grow, it fell into obscurity
NX7o8 TIL that Hulk was originally intended to be grey, but only became green due to colouring issues. However, the green version was liked by Stan Lee and became final.
awplo TIL the first lane marking in California was painted in 1917 by June McCarroll after she was run off the road by a truck. When the County Board ignored her idea of using a white line, she took it upon herself to paint a white line down the middle of the road to prevent similar accidents.