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TIL Ireland Googles the term “gay porn” more than any other English-speaking country, despite having a population of only 4.5 million

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oRGA TIL that Kirk Hammett encouraged Les Claypool to audition for Metallica after Cliff Burton died. After not getting the job, James Hetfield said it was because Claypool was “too good” and “should do his own thing.”
W7eyA TIL the 1st movie about Genghiz Khan's life was made in the Philippines by local director Mario Conde in 1950. As western censorship standards were not present at the time it was considered too graphic and violent by the Venice Film Festival in 1952
4bmo TIL US and European laws say travelers must be compensated if their flight is canceled or severely delayed, but only few of the eligible travelers try to claim their cash
7rPgP TIL when scientist say we are in a "hologram" they mean the information defining the organization of matter has been stored in some form (like on a blackholes surface) even though the matter no longer represents that information in our universe
e0L5n TIL that President Jefferson partly organized the Lewis & Clark expedition because he believed that there were still mastodons wandering wild in the Western US.