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TIL that AC/DC has never had a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and has only cracked the top 40 three times. This is despite having sold 75 million records in the US.

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ADPRg TIL about the Public Universal Friend, an 18th century Quaker preacher who claimed to have died and been reborn as a genderless, nameless individual and went on to found a religious movement known as the Society of Universal Friends.
KO0R9 TIL turf grass is probably the most resource and labor intensive "crop" in the US, consuming more fresh water than the seven greatest water-using crops combined.
78Dp TIL There have been no fatalities in the United States, due to a major airline crash, since November of 2001.
N0Ge TIL that during audience testing for the 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck” a common complaint was that the actor portraying Joseph McCarthy was over the top, not believable. The film actually used stock footage of McCarthy himself.
rRkD0 TIL about Infinite Corridor, which connects the main buildings of MIT. Twice a year, the university celebrates MIThenge, an event which occurs when the corridor aligns with the plane of the sun, resulting in daylight filling the whole corridor.