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TIL, Australia was not a paradise for women and children pre-colonialism. Absolutely heartbreaking article.

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kOBY7 TIL That the title of System of a Down’s “Chop Suey”, is word play derived from the original title of the song “Suicide”, and making it more radio friendly by litterally “chopping” the word “sui-cide”, thus the title “Chop Suey”.
Z8J4a TIL the ZZ Top song "Master of Sparks" is based on a true story of people who used to weld together a spherical cage with a seat inside and then push it off a truck going 60 MPH with a person inside. Whoever survived got the title of Master of Sparks - one of them was ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons.
P1YpG TIL The last person to die while building the Hoover Dam was the son of the first person to die building it.
4kd9a TIL about the Paria diving tragedy, where five divers were sucked into an underwater oil pipeline. Only one of the men made it out alive, but no rescue attempts were made to save the other four divers who were still alive. They tragically died inside the pipe.
P1nDZ TIL NASA engineers use Hawaiian lava fields to simulate conditions on Mars