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TIL that the title of the famous Led Zeppelin song “Black Dog” has nothing to do with the lyrics and instead refers to the black Labrador retriever that was wandering around the studio.

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O1BL TIL That a server at the University of North Carolina was physically lost for 4 years (although online) until they physically traced the cables and discovered it had been walled off.
D1N4D TIL actor Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's eldest son who, while filming The Crow, was accidentaly shot and killed by a co-star with a prop gun that had a dummy round tip lodged inside the barrel. After a year of re-shoots the movie was released and met critical acclaim and is now considered a cult classic.
1aRN8 TIL that contronyms are words that are spelled the same, but mean the opposite of each other. If one were asked to dust the chandelier, that would imply removing dust, but to dust the fruit might refer to the adding, or sprinkling of dust.
6Ej0J TIL of the Degenerate Art Exhibition that took place in Nazi Germany in 1937 during which 650 paintings, sculptures, and prints were displayed to show that modernism was a conspiracy by people who hated Germany, mainly Jews. Over one million people attended in the first six weeks.
neWJb In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a poor woman with a middle-school education, made one of the greatest medical contributions ever. Her cells, taken from a cervical-cancer biopsy, became the first immortal human cell line—the cells reproduce infinitely in a lab. Although other immortal lines have since been established, Lacks's "HeLa" cells are the standard in labs around the world. Together they outweigh 100 Empire State Buildings and could circle the equator three times.