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TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in an accident at the age of 17. He ended up tuning his strings to lower pitches so that the thimbles he had fitted could bend the strings more easily. This lead to Black Sabbath’s distinctive sound and the invention of heavy metal.

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jNJlv TIL of Ralph Lazo, a 17-year old American student of Mexican and Irish descent, who voluntarily relocated to a World War II Japanese American internment camp, to provide moral support and share in his friends’ struggle; he would spend three years living there
xw5g TIL flaming pigs were used in ancient warfare as a countermeasure against war elephants.
w4eP TIL “Getting Someones Goat” comes from goats’ ability to calm race horses…opponents stealing the goat from the horses’ stall the night before a race would upset the horse and hurt their chances
8lgL TIL that Canada didn’t gain FULL sovereignty from the UK until 1982.
Vra4 TIL Chuck Berry is still alive, and only recently stopped touring.