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TIL Rage Against the Machine played a free show in London as a reward for making “Killing in the Name” the top single in the UK during Christmas 2009

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5Ve8p TIL that The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Queen, Janis Joplin, Guns N' Roses, Tupac, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead - some of the biggest names/groups in music history - have a collective ZERO competitive Grammy wins.
5YkY9 TIL the Far Side was so significant in the 80s that when a cartoon was printed which was hard to understand, creator Gary Larsson felt the need to issue a press release expressing his regret & explaining the joke
mxdrY TIL:Cats "Blep," or stick their tongue out when they are further analyzing interesting scents.
WkKGN Today I learned about the Driftless Area; a rugged area of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and a minor part of Illinois that was completely missed by glaciers. It is roughly the size of West Virginia, and is home to huge bluffs, deep canyons, and rare species of plants found no where else.
EyN7 TIL, Ming the clam lived to be 507 years old.