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TIL Jason Everman played guitar in Nirvana and Soundgarden before quitting music and becoming a US Army Ranger and Green Beret

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NXw88 TIL that 50% of vinyl record buyers in the U.S. don’t own a record player to play their vinyl on.
0w7Mp TIL King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.The wives were described as foreign princesses, including Pharaoh's daughter and women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon and of the Hittites. His marriage to Pharaoh's daughter appears to have cemented a political alliance with Egypt.
7pwO TIL Abe Lincoln is enshrined in the Wrestling Hall of Fame, having lost only once in approximately 300 matches
m1mpO TIL The most abundant wild bird on planet earth is the Red-billed Quelea. The birds fly in flocks of 2 million or more and in such tightly synchronized masses they can be mistaken at a distance for clouds of smoke. Single colonies can cover hundreds of acres, totaling tens of millions of birds.
J1RV1 TIL: The top 3 imported items by weight in the US are furniture, bananas and artwork