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TIL Slipknot’s third album contains almost zero profanity as a response to critics who said vocalist Corey Taylor over relied on swearing in his lyrics

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MekX7 TIL The world's largest family stays in India. The husband has 39 wives and 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram.
Y7KwW TIL I learned that the actor with the most appearances in Bond films is, in fact, executive producer Michael G. Wilson. He's made cameos in every film since The Spy Who Loved Me, having started off in Goldfinger
R7vVl Today I learned about the Catatumbo lightning in Venezuela, a weather phenomenon that causes up to 280 lightning strikes an hour for about 150 days out of the year.
yQKal TIL Mr. Rogers was a lifelong vegetarian because he didn't "want to eat anything that has a mother"
G7ej TIL a word that can be its own antonym is called a contronym. For example, “bitch” can refer to someone who’s domineering or submissive.