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TIL that for years, Soviet hipsters (stilyagi) bootlegged vinyl records onto x-ray paper after it was banned by the government - it was called "bone music"

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kJlVE TIL the largest spider ever recorded was a goliath bird-eating spider measured at a leg span of 11 inches (about the size of a dinner plate) in 1965
rMjd TIL a typical fast food milkshake could contain over 1500 calories, the equivalent of 19 large eggs.
aQRA TIL that because California banned civilian ownership of .50 BMG firearms, gun company Barrett Firearms suspended all sales and service to any California law enforcement agencies.
8JMP TIL when Tracy Morgan was unavailable to finish recording the full-length version of “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” for 30 Rock, Donald Glover stepped in and completed the verses in his impression of Morgan. Glover also voices the ‘producer’ on the track.
xx4B TIL bowling originated as a religious ceremony. A stone was rolled at the Kegel, which represented the Heide (heathen), and those successfully toppling it were believed to have cleansed themselves of sin.