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TIL Rollin Stone hated Led Zepplin's first album. in 1969 they called Led Zepplin weak and unimaginative in their review.

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PPpE TIL that 6 weeks before Mubarak’s fall about 77% of Egyptians supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, 82% supported stoning to death for adultery, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam
0WmR TIL PETA kills thousands of adoptable dogs and cats that enter their shelters each year.
9YMQM TIL: When former slave Jordan Anderson was asked to come back and work for his old master, he replied with a deadpan letter asking for 52 years' back pay as proof of good faith. The letter has been described as a rare example of documented "slave humor" of the period.
MYgW TIL scientists believe MSG is perfectly safe. The MSG “myth” is based a single complaint from a scientist who once ate Chinese food, got sick and decided to blame it on the additive.
eXpJ TIL: In the 1980’s, A&W tried to sell a third pounder burger to rival McDonald’s quarter pounder. They sold it for the same price, but nobody wanted to buy it because the majority of people thought they were getting less meat.