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TIL the screaming guy in the song "big enough" is Jimmy Barnes, Australian rockstar and former lead singer of the Australian rock band "Cold Chissel"

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8aYWV TIL That Microsoft Window's security used to be so bad you could literally type in an IP address and remote-crash someone's PC
mxrOR TIL that in the USSR, according to Soviet statistics, the 3% of cultivated land in private hands "produced over a quarter of gross agricultural output, including about 30 percent of meat and milk, 66 percent of potatoes, and 40 percent of fruits, vegetables, and eggs"
prb4 TIL that George Washington was bled to death by doctors who were treating him for a cold. Bloodletting was a common medical practice at the time in order to remove “dirty blood,” when in reality it only weakens the patient. Half or more of his blood was removed within a few hours.
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