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TIL Henry Kissinger Convinced Blackout-Drunk Nixon To Not Nuke North Korea

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b6gLN TIL that Kurt Cobain got the inspiration to make Nirvana's famous song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when Kathleen Hanna, the singer of the band "Bikini Kill" wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a board. Teen Spirit was a woman's deodorant and he didn't knew it until he was done with the song.
714b TIL there is a tree native to Florida, the MANCHINEEL, that is so dangerous that standing under it in the rain is enough to cause blistering if the skin is wetted by raindrops containing any sap.
7KYO TIL that Tom Delonge quit Blink-182 not because of artistic differences, but because he wanted to research the existence of aliens
gMYMD TIL legendary composer Danny Elfman, behind such classics as the Simpsons theme song as well as the Nightmare before Christmas soundtrack, also wrote the song "Little Girls", also known as the Pedobear Song.
J1pyk Today I learned that the Jambato Toad was believed to have gone extinct back in 1988 due to being wiped out by a fungal disease, but the species was rediscovered in 2016.