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TIL Philadelphia Police bombed a residential neighborhood from a helicopter in May 1985

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5Ym8P TIL the highest-ranking Billboard 200 death metal album of all time is from the virtual band Dethklok from the show Metalocalpyse. Frontman and co-creator Brendan Small performs the vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboard, and bass in recordings; in the show he voices most of the main characters.
oRV1L TIL A lot of early North American's used dried out corn cobs to clean themselves up before toilet paper was invented.
BLGx TIL In 1970 the Oregon Highway Division attempted to blow up a washed ashore dead sperm whale, using half a ton of dynamite, to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 feet away, crushing cars and almost killing bystanders.
LQgYp TIL that Celine Dion once refused an award (Anglophone Artist of the Year)
m9xy TIL the person credited with inventing the pot brownie is actually named Mary Jane