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TIL: Weezer's first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar

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yQBNw TIL That as of 2016, Walt Disney World is the second largest buyer of explosives in the United States, only behind the Department of Defense.
4kv9J TIL Australia has a forger on their ten dollar note.
WRX8 TIL that, through most of western history, larger-than-average penises were considered embarrassing and barbaric; the modern idea that ‘bigger is better’, beginning in the late 19th century, was a side effect of pornography
Br4Ld TIL that there are several species of Flies that have the common name 'coffin fly', because they breed in human corpses with such tenacity, they can even continue living within buried coffins.
wLVbY TIL There are nearly 6 million CCTV cameras in Britain, which is 1 for every 11 people. Within 200 meters of the flat in Islington where George Orwell had the idea for 1984, there are now 32 CCTV cameras.