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TIL Metallica’s lawyer once sent a cease and desist letter to a Metallica cover band. Metallica later said they had no idea the letter had been sent and offered an apology and told Rolling Stone that they had started out as a cover band, adding “Heck, we even recorded a two-disc album of covers!”

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OobkX TIL of a South Korean illegal pornography ring that targets young women and minors; only a handful of the monsters affiliated with the group, including a K-Pop star, has been brought to "justice" and the rest's still on the loose.
Lkkkd TIL Linford Christie was disqualified from competing in the 1996 olympics 100m final, due to having a ‘false’ start with a reaction time of 0.086s, while the rules state runners must have a reaction time of greater than 0.1s.
ZpjbY TIL Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, regretted its deadly legacy and feared he was responsible for millions of deaths.
N7AYE TIL, Ziprider, the world's longest zipline, located in Copper Canyon Mexico, is ~1.5 miles long and lets you travel at a speed of ~85 miles per hour.
9wblm TIL: There is a study in the UK at the University of Nottingham that tested the pop culture theory the "hot-crazy matrix" made popular by HIMYM with bipolar women. Men were overwhelmingly willing to date BPD women in the short term as long as they were attractive, while women won't for men.