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TIL: Kurt Cobain was wearing 3 pairs of pants when he died

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4566 TIL that an Australian family used a large black crystal as a doorstop for over a decade before realizing that it held a 733-carat black sapphire, the Black Star of Queensland
j6Naj TIL about "Aunt Sammy," Uncle Sam's wife. Created in the 1920s by the US Dept of Agriculture as a radio show for farm wives, she would "gossip" about social activities & gardening, answer questions, and provide recipes. Local women voiced Aunt Sammy so their accents matched the broadcast areas.
BgpWd TIL about the Storegga Slide. In about 6200BCE, structural failures in the Norwegian continental shelf triggered submarine landslides with 3500km³ of debris, causing extreme tsunamis in the North Sea. A similar event today would be catastrophic for many coastal cities of Britain and mainland Europe.
mZXO TIL - Eddie Van Halen didnt ask for royalties after completing Michael Jacksons Beat it guitar solo, he did it as a favor
E7Ep TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in an accident at the age of 17. He ended up tuning his strings to lower pitches so that the thimbles he had fitted could bend the strings more easily. This lead to Black Sabbath’s distinctive sound and the invention of heavy metal.