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TIL on Slipknot’s Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) album Corey Taylor avoided using profanity in response to claims he relied on it

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J11y4 TIL The Outback Way is a 2,700 km "shortcut" directly through the Australian Outback. Without it, the trip from Winton to Laverton would be over 4,000 kms.
wonlW TIL that Africa is home to more than 2,000 languages including more than 500 in Nigeria alone
5dPp TIL Frank Zappa was invited to perform in Live Aid concert (to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine) but he refused, calling the event “the biggest cocaine money laundering scheme of all time.”
WkQ4 TIL “pie à la mode” was named by a professor who went around to restaurants ordering it by that name
Z8jPY TIL Randy West, a legendary adult film star who has starred in over 1,300 pornographic films was cast as Robert Redford's body double in "Indecent Proposal" (1993)