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TIL there’s a Mariachi band that does covers of metal songs called Metalachi!

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DQ1WJ TIL In 1962 the French Defense Minister and Minister of Scientific Research were accidentally exposed to nuclear fallout. A subteranean nuclear bomb test in Béryl failed and the minister of defence described it as, 'a kind of gigantic blowtorch flame that started exactly horizontal in our direction'
XDj8 TIL: You have to use a ceramic mug 1,000 times before it’s more energy efficient than using 1,000 styrofoam cups.
ADV5l TIL that a GHS study in 2019 by John Hopkins CHS and NTI placed the US as the nation most prepared for a pandemic
M7Rjb TIL that the average time between recessions has grown from about 2 years in the late 1800s to 5 years in the early 20th century to 8 years over the last half-century.
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