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TIL: Nirvana were around less than 1/3 of the time of Foo Fighters but sold almost 3 times as many records

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KYo9 TIL Leo Tolstoy wrote a book in 1908 called “Letter to a Hindu” in which he argued that the only way for India to gain independence from Britain was through non-violent resistance. Gandhi read this book and others by Tolstoy. They struck up a correspondence and the course of history was changed.
AYGl TIL the flesh of the Sleeper Shark, which feeds on colossal squid, contains such a high concentration of anti-freeze that it must rot for months before consumption as the popular icelandic dish Hákarl.
R5LXa TIL the arabic word for Hell, "Jahannam", is directly derived from Gehenna, a valley in Jerusalem.
ADNVx TIL that Wayne Gretzky was so dominant in Fantasy Hockey, that many leagues split his stats into two players: Gretzky (Goals) and Gretzky (Assists)
KYZv4 TIL the most abundant bird in the world is the Red-Billed Quelea, there is an estimated 1.2 billion in the world with flocks in the millions.