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TIL Lemmy’s aim for Motorhead was that it would “be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die”

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OokV4 TIL of Hans Oster, a Nazi general and one of the highest ranking officers who despised Hitler and help save Jews from getting arrested. He was part of the plot to assassinate Hitler and was executed in April 1945, one month before the war was over
Wkg9o TIL the man who wrote the Klingon language also wrote the Atlantean language for Disney’s “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,” and the lead character was physically modeled after him.
KYDO9 TIL Michelin started reviewing restaurants so people would travel farther and wear out their tires, increasing their sales.
e0gyk TIL It is estimated that over 50% of the ivory sold into China is mammoth ivory.
788db TIL there were more than 250 Indigenous Australia languages in 1788 (including 800 dialects), of which 120+ survive today - 90% of these are considered 'endangered'