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TIL titanium can osseointegrate, which means that it can fuse with bones and is one of the reasons why it is used extensively in biomedical implants

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Z8JQG TIL that in 1986, Primus frontman Les Claypool auditioned to be the bassist of Metallica after the death of former bassist Cliff Burton. Metallica frontman James Hetfield remarked that Claypool was not offered the job because "he was too good" and "should do his own thing".
BrpQe TIL that Queen Victoria was addicted to cocaine infused chewing gum. She was even believed to have shared some with a young Winston Churchill.
PY7BZ TIL that the sampled moaning heard on the background of Prince's "Peach" track was recorded by Kim Basinger.
AKPd TIL that not only was Tim Curry Tim Burton’s second choice for The Joker in 1989’s BATMAN, he also was the voice of The Joker for four episodes of Batman: The Animated Series before his performance was deemed “too scary for children.”
WZYB TIL the word boycott derived from Charles Boycott, an agent who collected rent from Irish farms on behalf of the British. Farmers demanded rent reductions, Boycott refused and evicted those tenants. Rather than attack Boycott the Irish farmers refused to do business with him at all. Boycotting.