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TIL it snows metal on Venus

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BZ0K TIL that at the premiere of Beethoven’s 9th, police had to break up the applause, as the amount he was receiving was considered inappropriate for a private citizen
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D6av TIL that we get the word “orange” from the fruit, not vice versa, and that the colour was called “yellow-red” before we discovered the fruit
R7KD6 TIL that music icon Curtis Mayfield was quadriplegic for the last 9 years of his life after being struck by falling lighting equipment at a 1990 concert
8awV8 TIL Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was the first person to say "fuck" on American TV