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TIL that Guns N' Roses is the result of a merger between two bands: L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose.

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8oXX TIL that Edison once offered Tesla $50,000 to increase the efficiency of his prototypes. After months of work, when completed, Edison failed to pay and remarked “When you become American, you will appreciate an American joke.”
E11NW Right after they invented the garage.
Oo51L TIL: Daily shaving was not a widespread practice in the 19th century. It took off among American men with World War I. Soldiers were required to shave daily so their gas masks would fit. They used the straight razor, the precursor to the double-edged razor and today's disposable razors.
KYgKa TIL 'Footloose' the movie, is based on a real place of Elmore, OK which banned dancing between 1898 to 1980
oRkWA TIL the International Space Station has gravity and everything is weightless only because they are in a constant free-fall around Earth