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TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in an accident at the age of 17. He ended up tuning his strings to lower pitches so that the thimbles he had fitted could bend the strings more easily. This lead to Black Sabbath’s distinctive sound and the invention of heavy metal.

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VMrMQ TIL Hifumi Togo was originally going to be a member of the Phantom Thieves as the teams brains, along with a scrapped character that was meant to be a radically minded strategist. However, the story was already exceedingly long at the time, so both ideas were scrapped and Hifumi became a Confidant.
9YJQX TIL you shouldn’t rinse your mouth right after brushing your teeth as it dilutes the fluoride meant to protect your teeth. Instead you should just spit it out.
voGx TIL that every atom comprising your body would span 73 light years if consecutively stacked together
aw5ML TIL Michael Vick didn't just run a dog-fighting ring, he personally killed several dogs. Some were shot; some were hanged; some were hosed down, then electrocuted; some were slammed on the ground; some were drowned in a bucket of water. Vick served 21 months, then got a $5M contract with the Jets.
wmVJ TIL Blackbeard was remarkably judicious in his use of force. In dozens of eyewitness accounts, there is not a single instance in which he killed anyone prior to his final, fatal battle with the Royal Navy. “I haven’t seen a single piece of evidence that Blackbeard ever used violence against anyone.”