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TIL Prince's first live performance of 'Purple Rain' is what appears on the album. It was recorded in a packed club and the song's signature guitar riff was improvised on the spot. The whole thing was caught on video.

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kO6og TIL in the 1800’s thousands of pigs roamed the streets of NYC, providing the only source of sanitation-eating trash/waste. Children were attacked, pigs held up traffic,carriages fell over. Pigs eventually outnumbered humans-leading to disease and political unrest between upper/lower classes.
OQ96 TIL the US Supreme Court upheld a three-strikes life-imprisonment sentence for $230 worth of fraud
6EZ4m TIL of the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad, which ran through northern Arizona within the borders of the Navajo Nation. It was completely isolated from the rest of the US' rail network.
nWoo TIL Queen Victoria was prescribed cannabis for her menstrual cramps.
A48g TIL instead of making a film about Iraq or Darfur, Stallone made Rambo 4 (2008) about “lesser-known” Myanmar military atrocities