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TIL that when Rock Band was in its developing stages, Harmonix codenamed it Rock Band: Nickelback “on the theory that the name of the quintessentially generic modern rock group would be enough to deflect all curiosity.”

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4XEEa TIL that the 1st moon landing, the Manson murders and the Woodstock festival all happened within the timespan of just one month (the Summer of 69) (cbsnews.com)
N7aaJ TIL There have been eight wars with higher casualties than World War One. And all of them have involved China.
JYmZl TIL of this Black Hole that is 34 billion times the mass of the Sun, devours almost one Sun's worth of mass every day.
oBKjo TIL that Russia gave the United States a memorial to the victims of 9/11
Je5Q TIL a New Zealand man memorized the French dictionary to compete in a French Scrabble tournament. He won the tournament despite not speaking any french.