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TIL that Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was a founding member of the supposed Mexican cartel death core band Brujeria.

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GAAkJ TIL the graphic design of Swiss 2 franc coin has not been updated for 148 years. Other than datestamp, the 2022 coins look identical to 1874 coins.
8eprV TIL that there's a side effect of certain opioids called Opioid induced hyperalgesia that can cause someone who uses opioids chronically/addictively to be more sensitive to other painful stimuli
LQy90 TIL: Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the injured girl who was in the equally infamous and iconic "Napalm girl" image, survived her third-degree burns and became a UNESCO humanitarian, even eventually meeting with the pilot who dropped the napalm and forgave him.
9YRKG TIL UK's highest-paid entertainer in WW2, George Formby, went to Normandy after the landings, & gave 9 shows to frontline troops who’d held out for 56 days without relief, his audience in foxholes. He also crawled through trenches to tell jokes when the enemy was too close for a show.
wo0o TIL that in the state of Washington, it is a felony to kill a Sasquach