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TIL that Johnny Cash reignited his career in the 90’s due to his fondness (and rift it caused with his older, evangelical audience at the time) of a late 80’s British tribute album of his songs made by Indie/Punk musicians to raise money for AIDS awareness

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6ERQY TIL The four rings in the Audi logo represent the four companies of the Auto Union - Audi, Horch, Wanderer and DKW. Horch for high-end luxury cars, Audi for deluxe cars, Wanderer stuck with standard mid-size cars and DKW decided to go with small cars and motorcycles.
x77 TIL bees have hair on their eyes
7rwyZ TIL that in China, brains from live monkeys were eaten as part of a great feast.
Me087 TIL Tigers only have a hunt success rate of about 5%. They let 19 out of 20 possible meals get away.
O9Pg TIL that in Rocky Horror Picture Show the red triangle Dr. Frank ‘n’ Furter wears over his heart was used by the Nazis in concentration camps to denote that the wearer was a gay man, but it was pointing downward. He wore it pointing upward, which is often used as a symbol of gay pride….