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TIL that Sid Vicious was such a poor bassist that when performing with the Sex Pistols his band mates would often unplug his amplifier mid-performance.

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mxpDR TIL that David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian ranch cult in Waco was a songwriter and musician that attempted to make it big in Hollywood. (Fact #5 on list in link)
BrbMk TIL about the shrike, also called the "butcher bird" due to its eating habits!
69V6X TIL forced adoption in Australia was the practice of taking babies from unmarried mothers, against their will, & placing them for adoption. It occurred in the late 20th century, with around 250,000 Australian children estimated to have been removed from their families and handed to infertile couples
DxWv TIL That Token (the only black character on South Park) was voiced by storyboard artist Adrien Beard because he was “the only black guy in the building”
e09gn TIL while the final season Seinfeld episode "The Puerto Rican Day" (which featured a controversial flag-burning scene) was pulled by NBC and Sony, the episode quietly made its way onto the syndication package four years after its airing in 2002