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TIL Phantom of the Opera (the stage show) is available on YouTube as part of #Stay Home

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Oa9R TIL the song ‘Louie Louie’ was the subject of a 31 month FBI investigation for reports of explicit sexual lyrics. The FBI was 'unable to interpret any of the wording in the record.’ Ironically, the drummer later admitted to yelling 'Fuck’ when he dropped his drumstick at 0:54 during the recording.
06GN TIL Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin only met one time, in which Joplin ended up smashing a bottle of whiskey on Morrison’s head after growing angry over his suggestive behavior toward her. Morrison was only more attracted to Joplin afterward and pursued her for weeks.
J1Rdl TIL: That in 1953 the town of Neversink, New York was completely submerged underwater after dams for what would become the Neversink Reservoir were finished.
J1bRm TIL Ants can end up following each other in a cercle (called an ant mill or a death spiral), until they die of exhaustion. Similar phenomena have been noted in processionary caterpillars and fish.
X0DD TIL that kangaroos do not fart and scientists hope to extract the bacteria responsible for eating the farts to reduce carbon dioxide from livestock.