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TIL Kerry King, guitarist for Slayer, played the guitar riffs and solo for No Sleep till Brooklyn

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yQkZv TIL Australians lose more money per capita to gambling than any other nation
e01bb TIL that raccoons have extremely sensitive front paws, and often moisten objects to "see" them better with their paws (largely to determine if they are food).
yVd4w TIL The Hindenburg, the largest aircraft ever built, was partially constructed out of material salvaged from R101, a British airship that had previously held the same distinction, after it was destroyed in a fatal crash in 1930
d81J9 TIL about the Sole Survivor Policy in the United States military, which protects "only sons/daughters", "the last son/daughter to carry the family name", and "sole surviving sons/daughters" only during peacetime.
R59x9 TIL Rodin, the famed sculptor, didn’t actually sculpt in marble. He made sand models and his assistants, namely Camille Claudel, made the art we love.