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TIL in 1986 the Red Hot Chili Peppers were budgeted $5000 by EMI Music to make a demo tape and set aside $2000 to spend on Heroine and Cocaine

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o48L TIL a convict named Alexander Pearce made two prison escapes, during both of which he ate some of his fellow escapees. The first time it happened they didn’t believe him, but the second time they had to - there were body parts in his pocket.
Z8wmp TIL that in light of the violence caused by kids trying to obtain limited Jordan’s, Hakeem Olajuwon released a cheap, $15 shoe and try and end the appeal of expensive shoe wear, stating: “How can a poor working mother with three boys buy Nikes or Reeboks that cost $120?”
lodyr TIL that in 2007 a group of otters at the Bronx Zoo forcefully drowned a langur in full view of visitors and other langurs. The langurs had been tormenting the otters, so they united and exacted revenge by drowning the monkey and left its dead body afloat for the other langurs to see.
xVrMw TIL That Reactor 4 at Chernobyl received a new so called "cover" that has been in planning and construction for 20years. It is now complete with cleanup on the old underlining structure still being done
5VVx9 TIL that the spellings "per cent" and "percent" are both correct, the difference is that "per cent" is used mainly in Britain and Canada, whereas "percent" is most preferred in the US