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TIL that at a Guns N’ Roses concert on July 2, 1991, during the band’s performance of Rocket Queen, Axl Rose dived into the audience and tackled a fan who was taking photos of the concert. Axl would proceed to smash the microphone, forcing GNR to leave, which would incite a 3-hour riot.

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lobX5 TIL that few months after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The holiest place for Muslims Masjid-al-Haram (Kaabah) was seized by insurgents (and their leader claiming he is the "Mahdi"). After 14 days of fighting and negotiations with Saudi clerics, the Saudi army finally gained control.
eKZ5 TIL The only time the letter Y is a vowel is when your tongue doesn’t touch your palate (roof of mouth). If it does then it is a consonant. examples being yellow = consonant, sky = vowel.
R5jgQ TIL New Guinea (island) is over three times larger than Great Britain (both as an island and as a country)
kOoLg TIL New York City is the most linguistically diverse city in the world, with 800 languages spoken
N7RrJ TIL that in 2019 most Americans surveyed thought that Arabic numerals should not be taught in schools.