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TIL: 12 years before taking their fans to court for sharing their music, Metallica released the "$5.98" EP, titled to stop their record label and music stores from overcharging fans - the record came with a sticker warning 'DO NOT PAY MORE!!!'—a direct jab at music industry markups

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WPP9 TIL that the FBI ran COINTELPRO, an illegal series of projects operated to suppress “subversive” movements like civil rights (including MLK) or growing third parties. These targets faced tricks like psychological warfare, killings (together with police departments), and slander through newspapers.
GANXQ TIL tortoiseshell, used in eyeglass frames, guitar picks and luxury items, has been banned for trade since 1973 because it mostly comes from the endangered hawksbill sea turtle. Most "tortoiseshell" objects today are made from plastic
kwB1 TIL that in 1959, 9 hikers went missing on “Dead Mountain” in Siberia. Their tent was found ripped open from the inside and although the corpses showed no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue. Only their footprints were present.
m51x TIL that Edison invented the electric chair to show that AC was more dangerous than DC so as to undermine Nicola Tesla and his financial backer Westinghouse at a crucial moment in the early days of the electricity wars. It backfired.
6EDBQ TIL nobody's done the intricate calculations to find the average distance between a human and a spider.