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TIL the first use in print of the term 'heavy metal' to describe a genre of music was in the review of Sir Lord Baltimore's 1970 debut album, Kingdom Come, in Creem magazine.

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rN5mw TIL Prior to human settlement New Zealand had no land-based mammals apart from three bat species
0dpv TIL Cilantro haters can’t smell the same scent cilantro lovers do, from the herb. Instead they taste unsaturated aldehydes which are present.
7rJRx TIL that Czech doctors successfully delivered a baby girl 117 days after her mother had suffered a severe stroke and became brain dead. After delivery, they disconnected the mother’s life support.
WNQB TIL former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”
5Y5d8 TIL that during the filming of the 2004 “The Passion Of Christ”, the actor playing Jesus was struck by lightning. Twice.