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TIL Alice Cooper’s 5th studio album, 1972’s “School’s Out”, caused a national stir because the vinyl records were sold and packaged in a pair of panties.

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4XlWa TIL after author James Frey was caught fabricating parts of his memoir A Million Little Pieces, Random House offered purchasers of the book a refund. To get this refund, they had to send in page 163 of their book & a sworn statement that they purchased it under the assumption that it was a memoir.
d5QB TIL the King of Morocco, Hassan II grabbed the radio during an assassination attempt and told the rebel pilots who were firing at Hassan’s Boeing 727; “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Which made the assassins break off their attack.
XEwD TIL a hockey player had his throat slit open during a game, and survived. (NSFL)
x6eow TIL artist M.I.A. began her career as a visual artist, moving into making music during her stint as the band Elastica's documentarian in 2000. She had previously designed the band's second album cover and directed the music video for their song "Mad Dog God Dam."
W7dG4 TIL How degrading Soil affects Nutrition, Mental Health, and Ecosystems | neurologists and microbiome scientists are clearly indicating that in another 15 years, human "software" will start collapsing due to large no. of extinction of species.