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TIL that Cliff Burton's parents donated his posthumous royalty payments to a scholarship fund for music students at his alma mater

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OG8wg TIL that public holidays in Greece include the "Day of the No,'" which honors Greece's refusal to surrender to the Axis Powers in 1940
W7vYB TIL that Air Force One has taken off more times than it has landed due to a call sign change when Nixon resigned
rNwe1 TIL Richard Nixon is the only President to forgo his life-long secret service protection in order to save the taxpayers money.
lND7 TIL that to help illustrate the hippo ballerina scene in ‘Fantasia,’ Disney animators hired a 200-pound woman to move about on a sound stage, studying how her flesh quivered and which parts were under the greatest strain.
wLwkE TIL the USSR tried to domesticate moose for use in a Communist cavalry.