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TIL there are officially over 55 different musical sub-genres of Metal (black metal, death metal, speed metal, etc…)

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ANglo TIL the word Dollar is the Anglicized version of the German word Thaler, meaning from the valley. Thaler is the shortened version of Joachimthalers, a mine town in the Czech Republic (formerly Bohemia) where silver coins were minted.
9w56B TIL that the cast of the office in earlier seasons are seen playing solitaire bc they were bored during downtimes and with no wifi installed, could only play solitaire. In later seasons when the wifi is installed, they're encouraged to do other things on their computer (browsing)
gMnkW TIL that street dogs in Russia use trains to commute between various locations, obey traffic lights, and avoid defecating in high traffic areas. The leader of a pack is the most intelligent (not strongest) and the packs intuit human psychology in many ways (e.g. deploying cutest dogs to beg).
NY8J TIL that gun laws in Japan are so strict that even when a police officer killed himself with one he was still charged.
kQe4 TIL Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino was heavily damaged by a bomb in an extortion attempt in 1980. The bomb was designed and built by a millionaire businessman is the most complex improvised explosive device ever created, according to the FBI.