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TIL the Rolling Stones were criticized for high ticket prices on their 1969 US tour so they decided to hold a free concert. The festival was organized by the Grateful Dead and took place at the Altamont Speedway in 1969. It was a disaster, and signalled the end of the hippie movement.

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J1yxV TIL of A.J Weberman. A controversial Dylanologist who has been calling for Bob Dylan to return back to his early counterculture era unsuccessfully for 54 years and counting. His behaviour eventually lead to Bob Dylan assaulting him in 1971. AJ also believe many of Dylan’s songs are about Him.
p8Ny4 TIL Fish waste excretion is crucial to the survival and growth of coral reefs, and in reefs where fishing occurs, nearly half of the key nutrients from fish waste excretion are absent from the ecosystem.
rRGNy TIL the creater of Ren & Stimpy was fired, in part, because his episodes became too offensive and un-airable for Nickelodeon
ZpKEa TIL On April 1, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. This invasion was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
4XdvR TIL the reason a bag of potato chips contains mostly air is not to deceive the consumer into believing there is more product. Instead, the air (called slack fill) provides cushioning that protects the chips. "Less air, more chips but they are shattered or More air, fewer chips but they are whole"