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TIL there are 2 bands called “Impending Doom” one is an American Christian metal band and the other one a German Satanic metal band.

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4X0JR TIL a 28-yr-old Welsh man with a "no regrets" tattoo partying in Vegas in a bachelor party ended up at the Hoover Dam. He reported thinking: "fuck it! I'm going for a swim." His friends cheered as he swam across the Hoover Dam reservoir which luckily had 9 of its 10 turbines off. He was fined $330.
xVKnB TIL that Frederick Douglass's master didn't want his slaves being taught to read, believing that it would foster a desire for freedom. Douglass learned to read anyway, escaped, and became the foremost abolitionist in the country.
QJvBk TIL in the 19th century, profit-maximizing recipe used by milk producers was a pint of lukewarm water for every quart of milk—after the cream was skimmed; To whiten the bluish liquid they added chalk and to replace skimmed-off layer of cream, they might add a final flourish of pureed calf brains
ANlVo TIL Dandelion and burdock is a mead drink served in the British Isles since the middle ages. The drink is usually flavoured with sassafras or wintergreen but now typically uses artificial flavours and is served as a carbonated soft drink.
64d8 TIL that Leonardio DiCaprio used “the drunkest man in the world” video from YouTube as his inspiration for the scene in “Wolf of Wall Street” where he’s crawling to his car after the quaaludes send him into the “cerebral palsy phase”.