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TIL the lyrics to the song Tutti Frutti, made famous by Little Richard, were originally about anal sex

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e0LmD TIL Metallica did a concert in Antarctica setting a world record for being the only band to play all 7 continents. They used headphones instead of amplifiers to preserve the environment there.
Y7Ka7 TIL that in 2014 while in rehab, as well as in 2012, the singer Kesha asked her fans to send her human teeth to make art. In 2012 she told Bang Showbiz "I got, like, over 1000 human teeth," and said "I made it into a bra top, and a headdress, and earrings and necklaces."
b6mBj TIL that in 2020 a man from the UK attempted to smuggle 127 grams of coccaine into Belgium inside a fake penis. He was caught at Brussels airport on a flight from Jamaica, and later got sentenced to 38 months in prison.
e0jmE TIL that AI(s) playing Chess, despite continually beating human players, are still not able to play according to the equilibrium strategy that forces the opponent into a draw. A strategy that was proven to exist by the mathematician Nash in the 1960s.
O8p1 TIL that in 2003, American soldiers in Iraq vandalized the 6,000 year old Sumerian city of Ur by spraypainting “Semper Fe” on its walls. No response was made by the US government to the allegations.