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TIL members of Metallica, Guns N Roses and Skid Row formed a one-off supergroup that performed in 1990

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PY1oZ TIL until 2008, Walmart Mexico was paying its employees with gift cards only redeemable at Walmart.
drEZ TIL in 1955, Hugh Hefner agreed to publish in Playboy a short story about straight men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. In response to the criticism, Hefner replied, “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”
BpOW TIL Wilson the Volleyball from Cast Away has its own IMDB page.
0DDR TIL that after his crimes were discovered, serial killer Marcel Petiot grew a beard and joined the police using the alias Captain Valeri. “Valeri” was assigned to find Petiot until someone recognized him, months later.
VMml4 TIL there is a zoning ordinance for Times Square mandating that businesses must maintain lights that keep the Times Square landmark identity intact, meaning even when businesses are closed, their lights will stay on.