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TIL 14 year old Kurt Cobain announced to a school mate that he would be a superstar musician, get rich and famous, kill himself and go out in a blaze of glory like Jimmy Hendrix.

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9wxZD TIL Druids were exempt from taxes, military service, and were held in such high esteem they could stop battles between warring armies.
GYb9g TIL that Kurt Cobain's guttural and slurred voice contributed to the early resistance from radio stations towards adding Nirvana's most famous song: "Smell like teen spirit" to their playlists as it was hard to understand what Cobain was singing.
kOLpB TIL that the United States $100,000 bill is the highest value banknote ever produced by the United States. It was never Legal Tender and was only used in transactions between banks.
8ZMZ TIL there is a village named Paris in Russia, in 2005 there was constructed a 1:5 replica of the Eiffel Tower.
PYa6O TIL Doom in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was going to be the hunter who killed Bambi's mother but Disney objected