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TIL Dave Grohl played every instrument and sang every vocal on the Foo Fighters’ first album. The only reason he put the band together was so he could tour.

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mNkv TIL that Clarence Thomas, the only African-American currently a Supreme Court judge, opposes Affirmative Action because it discriminatory.
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