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TIL that the famous ‘No brown M&Ms’ clause by the band Van Halen was actually a very sophisticated method of quality control used in their concerts.

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40Zg TIL that due to a now banned fertility treatment, there are 30-50 people in the world that each have three biological parents.
1BYO TIL that just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue correspondent, Elizabeth Miller entered Hitler’s abandoned apartment and was photographed taking a bath in his tub
QJjXM TIL the 98th Illinois Regiment, part of General William T. Sherman's 23rd Army Corps, made their Corps battle flag from captured Confederate flags from the southern arsenal in Macon, Georgia, during Sherman's famous March to the Sea
Npr8 TIL: Eddie Gein serves as a basis for Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs. Ed Gein had home furnishings made from human skin and bone, as well as a shoe box full of preserved female genitalia, Bowls made of Skulls and a full body suit made a flesh.
wLjKY TIL that America has an infrastructure grade of a D. Records report that the grade hasn’t changed since 2013 but hopes to see improvements by 2025