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TIL that the backup singer for Guns N’ Roses’ “Don’t Cry” is Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon.

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j6GME TIL Taiwan has one of the highest oral cancer rates in the world. The cause is mainly a culturally consumed nut called Betel. Betel nuts are carcinogenic and cause a stimulating high when chewed. Mainly consumed by blue-collar and indigenous Taiwanese, the practice remains legal but discouraged.
KOWYa TIL that people in sotland have 421 words for snow!
VBGWD TIL that “coulrophilia” is a popular subculture of the BDSM community involving the sexual attraction to clowns, in which participants often use clown related costumes, props, and personas during sex.
Egp57 TIL that most people prefer AI-generated poetry to poetry made by humans
P4vn TIL shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a memo was distributed to radio stations with a list of songs deemed ‘lyrically inappropriate’; the list contained 165 suggestions with one reading “Every Rage Against the Machine Song”.