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TIL Al Qaeda’s hit list for american politicians didn’t include Joe Biden because they thought he would mess up the presidency so badly as to be helpful towards their cause

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x68Bb TIL Keith Moon of The Who actually came up with the name Led Zeppelin
Y9Wd TIL Adam Levine once tweeted at Fox News to never play Maroon 5 on their “evil, f*cking channel ever again;” the network went on to disobey his request
R7yrw TIL Someone named TCP options types 16 and 17 “Skeeter” and “Bubba.” Apparently only the author knows why.
QJggX TIL: The record for the highest note ever sang was by Adam Lopez, who beat the prior record held by Mariah Carey, by more than an octave, in 2008.