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TIL that “Smash” by The Offspring has been certified 6x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, making it the best-selling independent label album of all time.

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Gx6N TIL Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest religions still in existence today. It originates from Iranian tribes which lived in Central Asia around 4000 years ago. It was the official religion of Persia as well as of all other Iranian empires until the seventh century.
16r48 TIL that the MacBook trackpad doesn't actually click; it's a haptic illusion created by a vibration.
Na1J TIL Mel Blanc (original voice of Bugs Bunny) was in a nearly fatal car accident and continued to record voices for all his characters from his hospital bed in a full body cast.
wLEg8 TIL that Rolls-Royce cars have an anti theft mechanism that retracts the "Spirit of Ecstasy" ornament should it be jostled.
NX7mJ TIL the Statute of Liberty isn't named as a representative of freedom, it's literally the Statute of Liberty, the Roman goddess of liberation.