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TIL Slade's Noddy Holder was asked to join AC/DC after Bon Scott's death in 1980

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R7mGl TIL that by the time James Cameron made Titanic in 1997, there had already been over a dozen films covering the disaster
oRZjA TIL when Frank Zappa was a kid, he always played with mercury that his father brought home from work, often covering his entire bedroom floor with the element. Childhood exposure to mercury is known to increase the risk of prostate cancer as an adult. Frank Zappa died from prostate cancer at age 52.
1a704 TIL a Louisianan man won a gallon of Old Granddad bourbon whiskey in a barroom bet during the Saints first football game in 1967. His family honored his wish after he passed of only opening it once the Saints made it to the Super Bowl, 43 years later.
woZo1 TIL the name of the Atlantic Ocean doesn't come from Atlantis, but from the Titan Atlas ("Sea of Atlas"). In fact, Atlantis's name also comes from him as "Atlas's Island".
wLD78 TIL that NASCAR drivers who weigh less than 180 lbs have to add weights to their cars.