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TIL deep within the Earth lies the remains of a planet that crashed into it billions of years ago.

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EAMX TIL that Eminem is commended in the 2015 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most words in a hit single, ‘Rap God’, totaling 1,560 words in 6 minutes, 4 seconds.
x66X0 TIL that for a brief period in the 1920s, Mongolia was ruled by a German dictator who intended to create a pan-eurasian monarchy spanning from China to Europe
OoZP1 TIL The queen of England is a Viking. She is a decendant of Rollo the viking
Adk4 TIL Canadian Industrial band “Skinny Puppy” demanded $666,000 in royalties from the US Defense Dept. after learning that the US military used their music to torture prisoners at Guantánamo Bay.
4X4Zg TIL that the estate of Jimi Hendrix no longer permits use of his music in films involving the abuse of drugs or alcohol. The last film to do so was ‘Withnail and I’ (1987).