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TIL that Eddie and Alex Van Halens original band “Mammoth” had no P.A. system of their own, so they’d rent David Lee Roth’s system for $50 a night. After years of Eddie singing lead vocals they figured they could save money by letting David Lee Roth into the band because he had the P.A. system.

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b5wE TIL the Amazon Rainforest loses about 22,000 tons of the phosphorus in its soil due to floods every year. The Amazon remains so fertile because the dust of a dried up lake in the Sahara Desert traveling through the atmsophere feeds the Amazon’s plants the phosphorus it lost.
695d8 TIL in all regions of the world some people used to eat soil and many still do that today
kORMm TIL that Jimi Hendrix served in the army but got kicked out because they caught him masturbating on duty
mpyR TIL that the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” is the catchiest pop song in the UK since the 1940s, according to a study. People recognised that song the quickest. Second in the study was “Mambo No 5” by Lou Bega.
j7Oj TIL That Bill O’Reilly used to beat his wife.