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TIL where the name ‘shrimp scampi’ comes from

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v1PK TIL on September 19, 1985, when Frank Zappa famously testified before Congress to protest the PMRC’s attempt to legislate and censor heavy metal music lyrics, Zappa compared the proposed legislation to “treating dandruff by decapitation”
e0GKk TIL of the 67 people who have served as President of Bolivia, 13 (19%) died by tragic means. 5 died in office, 3 by assassination and 2 of the 5 who died were suspected assassinations. A further 8 former presidents were assassinated in various ways after leaving office.
4kPjX TIL a Russian WWII survivor jumped ship in San Francisco, fled immigration, and lived for nearly 20 years in a Northern California redwood forest, where he built bark shelters that still stand today.
0Pny TIL The music used in the ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’ anti-piracy advert was stolen.
rR9Ko TIL that in India's Padmanabha temple, there's an 800 kg (1,800 lb) hoard of gold coins dating to around 200 B.C, each coin priced at over ₹2.7 crore (US$380,000) in one vault. The rest 6 vaults haven't yet been opened and are believed to have Gold and diamonds worth over trillion dollars.