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TIL that Joe Perry sold his 1959 Gibson Les Paul during his 1982 divorce. Later he found the guitar was owned by Slash. Perry called Slash and bugged him for years, offering to pay more than the guitar's worth. Years later at Joe's 50th birthday party, Slash finally gave him the guitar as a gift.

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G89N TIL about Jury Nullification which can take place if a jury feels a law is “unjust”, they are permitted to “nullify” the law rather than see someone guilty, many jurors are not aware of this nor do many courts allow speaking of it or acknowledge the jurors themselves
JYZGv TIL there was a paramilitary socialist group in Canada in the 1960s that wanted to overthrow their provincial government with an armed revolution. The only peace time use of Canada's War Measures Act was to stop them. The group was in contact with the KGB, and the top members were exiled to Cuba.
awPvM TIL of the megatherium, which was a huge prehistoric sloth, which could measure up to 6m in length and weigh up to 4000kg.
lexa TIL that Lena Dunham did not in fact rise from obscurity. She was born to old-money artists and was mentioned in Vogue at the age of 12 and had an article written about her in the New York Times at the age of 16
XWej TIL Rapper Chamillionaire is a successful tech investor. One of his early investments, Maker Studios, recently sold to Disney for over $500 million. He’s currently the ““Entrepreneur in Residence” at a venture capital firm.