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TIL Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts

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BgyMb TIL that after the success of the charity supergroup Band Aid, metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio organized a heavy metal charity album called Hear 'n Aid. With contributions by Dio, Motorhead, Rush, Kiss, Scorpions and others, it raised $3 million.
rNyZ4 TIL (Actually at least yesterday) about obelisks, which form their own distinct phylogenetic group and whose genetic code doesn't share features with any other life form
WkLPN Europe was colder than the North Pole this week.
k9aE TIL Gary Burghoff (who played Radar on MASH) has a deformed left hand. He hid it throughout his entire run on the series because it would have made Radar unfit for military duty. (pic in comments)
KOYOJ TIL Macaulay Culkin and Mila Kunis dated between 2002 and 2010.