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TIL a live album from the band Dream Theater was released on 9/11/2001, which had the skyline of NYC (with the World Trade Center) in flames on its album art. The album was recalled and re-released a short time later, but the incident remains one of the most bizarre coincidences in music.

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8aEna TIL that the most deadly mammal in the world is the dog with about 30 000 deaths a year, but the majority of these dogs are contaminated with rabies.
RbVQ TIL that Nehru rejected permanent membership for India on the UN Security Council to keep India out of Cold War politics
9bdQ TIL that the windshield of the SR-71 Blackbird can reach a temperature of over 600°F during flights at mach 3. It had to be made of quartz and was ultrasonically fused to the titanium hull in order to handle the stress.
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