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TIL Metallica’s “Fuel” has gone unedited for 15 years in virtually all radio airplay and live televised performances (including SNL) despite the word “Fuck” being clearly audible.

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7ryBM TIL Celebrity Chief Julia Child helped develop a recipe for Shark Repellent during WWII
oRPrr TIL in the 1950’s statues depicting Christopher Columbus making an indigenous woman flinch on one side and Davy Crockett arresting an indigenous man in front of his family on the other were taken down from the US capital
yQ6ll TIL that the author of "Over the River and Through the Wood" (the Thanksgiving poem) was a leading abolitionist, women's rights activist and Native American rights activist, Lydia Maria Child.
KOEG9 Today I learned Americans were the ones to introduce the use of shotguns in warfare during WW1. They were so effective at clearing trenches, that they were called "trench brooms" and the Germans complained about its use and how it caused unnecessary suffering.
p804N TIL that The March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis.