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TIL Rolling Stone gave many artists bad reviews, then changed to good reviews after they became famous. Examples include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, Weezer, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Outkast and also Queen.

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N7oke TIL In 1963, Félicette was the first cat to be launched into Space. She experienced weightlessness and safely returned to Earth. 14 cats went through intensive training but Félicette was chosen for her calm disposition. Some claim the other cats became too fat.
1eGP TIL, The United States government forced the residents of Bikini Atoll to move to multiple uninhabitable islands to conduct nuclear testing, moved them back to a radioactive wasteland, and now has them living on a tiny island living off of subsidies.
Eg5Bp TIL that most Japanese people have only one pinky toe knuckle instead of two. Thus, most Japanese people have only 204 bones instead of 206. This went completely unnoticed until 1995.
6E5o8 TIL Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man in the world with net worth of US $215 billion (inflation-adjusted 2016). In comparison Jeff Bezos's net worth is US$137 billion (January 2019). By a 1973 family reunion, not one of the 120 Vanderbilt descendants present was a millionaire.
9YVmX TIL The Warwolf, is believed to be the largest trebuchet ever made. It was created in Scotland by order of King Edward I of England, during the siege of Stirling Castle, as part of the Scottish Wars of Independence.