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TIL That the legendary Hip-hop album- Madvilliany, by MF DOOM and Madlib, was mostly created in a Brazilian hotel room with basic equipment

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eQZE TIL the Australian Mk 3 Centurion 169041 was nicknamed “The Atomic Tank” due to it surviving a 9.1kt blast from 460m away. The tank was simply driven off after the test and went on to spend another 23 years in service, including time in the Vietnam war.
K9k4 TIL that McDonald’s highest-calorie item isn’t a burger at all, but the 1,150-calorie Big breakfast with hotcakes and large biscuit
e0jd4 TIL: Schiphol Airport(Amsterdam) features a man painting the minutes on a giant clock for 12 hours.
JZvj TIL that Topcraft, the studio that animated The Hobbit and The Last Unicorn, eventually became Studio Ghibli
7aeZ TIL there is a vampire-like disease that can cause your nails to grow long and tear off, your teeth to sharpen like fangs and your skin–in some cases–to turn pale and easily bruise and scab in the sunlight.