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til of r.a.p.p. (rockers against pay-to-play), a group in los angeles in the late eighties who organized protests against hollywood music venues that required performers to buy a large amount of pre-sale tickets before they would book the aforementioned act

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QNlyL TIL about the Tri-State Crematory scandal. Nearly three hundred and fifty bodies that had been consigned to the crematory for proper disposition were discovered to have never been cremated
ZvXG TIL the idea that suicide is more common during the winter months is actually a myth, rates peak during the spring and summer. Considering depression rates are highest during winter, it’s theorized that the relative cheerfulness of spring/summer finally gives people the motivation to commit suicide.
YpyMr TIL: McCormick Pure Orange Extract sold in Walmart is 80% alcohol. No age check at the counter.
9YLbB TIL of Canadian Air Marshal Charles Roy Slemon, who saved the world from possible nuclear annihilation by breaking protocol, when on October 5th 1960, the BMEWS site in Thule, Greenland falsely detected a level 5 ICBM attack due to the rising moon.
PYkjO TIL that Vitamin D Deficiency is very dangerous and it may lead to loss of bone density & fractures