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TIL While MTV has filmed over 101 Unplugged performances, fewer than 30 of them have been released as albums.

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oDPR TIL Don McLean occasionally accidentally sang the lyrics to Weird Al’s Star Wars parody of “American Pie” when performing it onstage
WwLL TIL the best female sniper of all time was a 24 year old Russian WWII soldier named Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She left university in Ukraine during her senior year to start “hunting Nazis” after the Third Reich invaded the country.
nMk7 TIL The most powerful sidearm ever issued by the US military was the Colt Walker of 1847. It weighed 4.5 pounds, had a 9" barrel, and fired a .44 caliber projectile with the muzzle energy of a .357 magnum. It had an effective range of 100 yards, but was prone to blowing up in the shooter’s hands.
jNNYa Lassie, stare deeply into my eyes.
jNKLj TIL The balcony in Romeo and Juliet doesn't exist. It's not in the original play and was picked up from another author's play and inserted into Shakespeare's story about 100 years later. Shakespeare simply has Juliet standing by a window.