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TIL that the Los Angeles area basin is classified as a Mediterranean climate

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5YKep TIL The song 'Glycerine' by the band Bush was written about Gavin Rossdale's relationship with his girlfriend at the time, a model named Jasmine Lewis. The title comes from the explosive applications of glycerine to stabilize nitro. Rossdale said the song was about how love was like a bomb.
5VOA9 TIL Orville Wright lived to see jets and the first supersonic flight
8aMnZ TIL that MOH recipient and Navy SEAL Micheal Monsoor threw his body on a grenade to protect two squadmates. He was the only one that would have been able to escape the grenade. He died but the two SEALs survived
WxlL TIL Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by a Terminator, Alien and Predator.
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