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TIL that The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” uses the same sample in the beginning as Def Leppard’s “Rock Of Ages”

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JYoKB TIL The US Government injected some of its own citizens with plutonium without consent
70r7 TIL:Anne Parrish, whilst browsing bookshops in Paris, came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband. He opened it and found the inscription: “Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was Anne’s very own book.
loAmK TIL Lord of the rings director (Peter Jackson) holds the largest private collection of WWI aero planes in the world.
rRmaw TIL at one point 90% of the world's needles came from a Worcestershire town called Redditch.
ANr0o TIL that the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse occurred in part because the structural engineering firm in charge of the project signed off on a design change without running or documenting updated design load calculations