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TIL that the heavy metal band Black Sabbath originally started wearing crosses to ward off a curse. After denying an offer to play at Stonehenge, the satanists hosting the event claimed to cast a curse on the band.

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OaNL TIL these little bumps are actually very normal, common and harmless and they’re called “Fordyce’s spot.” Link is possibly NSFW.
mxmLv TIL Elephants risk their lives to mine a cave in an extinct volcano in Kenya. The rock has 100 times more sodium than what they normally eat, as well as being rich in potassium and calcium. They dig with their tusks, grind it and swallow it. The bones of those who didn't make it line the trail.
ep7OL TIL: An analysis of data from every Supreme Court justice from 1789 to 2006 found that when the incumbent president is of a different party than the president who appointed the justice, the justice's death-in-office odds are about tripled.
8eBQ4 TIL there are actually three species of bottlenose dolphin: the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (T. aduncus), and Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (T. erebennus).
Eg6BX TIL Jimmy Connors is the only tennis player to have won the US Open on all three surfaces on which it has been contested - 1974 on grass, 1976 on clay and 1978 on hard court.