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TIL that during System of a Down and Slipknot’s Pledge of Allegiance Tour, SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian was racially profiled and beaten by security guards upon trying to enter backstage

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D1jNP TIL of the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter, a all-terrain vehicle created from a stainless steel milk tanker, has covered 33,000 miles on land, has passed through 28 countries, transits the open ocean and is the first car to transit the Panama Canal.
rBx4 TIL the “McGruff The Crime Dog” actor was sentenced to 16 years in prison for possession of 1000 pot plants, 9000 rounds of ammunition, and 27 weapons (including a Grenade Launcher).
WG4d TIL after working on the US bid for the 1986 World Cup, Henry Kissinger was quoted as saying “The politics of FIFA, they make me nostalgic for the Middle East”.
669Q TIL after an 11 year study, cell phones were shown not to increase chances of getting cancer.
DQ5AV TIL: The International Space Station has a separate Russian side rather than being entirely free-use.