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TIL The first person to say “motherfucker” on live TV was Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane in 1969

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RrE7 TIL that Mikhail Kalishnikov, inventor of the AK-47, greatly regretted having invented the weapon, and is quoted as saying “I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.”
j6AvE TIL Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans and monkeys share a common ancestor from which both evolved separately.
VMpBZ TIL that Einstein was an excellent violinist saying that "life without playing music is inconceivable for me".
4k9rb TIL cars at the turn of the 20th century were more aerodynamic in reverse. They learned this after Chrysler hired Orville wright to create a wind tunnel for them
X0ePk TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.