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TIL Johnny Cash recorded a concept album about the unfair treatment of the American Indian in the United States

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X0JYR TIL that medicines are the third largest cause of death in the world after heart and cancer.
J0Km TIL that the king of Siam (Thailand) offered to send Abraham Lincoln war elephants to help with the Civil War.
GY5ng TIL that Queen still performed in apartheid South Africa when the majority of bands refused to, and was by far the largest band to do so. They were subsequently placed on the United Nations' artist blacklist.
nrVG TIL the Quran says do not blow yourselves up.
R70wQ TIL in 1995, Courtney Love was ejected from Lollapalooza after starting a fight with the crowd for not cheering loud enough. She jumped off stage and began chasing two men. After security carried her off the premises, the festival MC began playing "All Apologies" by Nirvana in retaliation.