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TIL The Rolling Stone originally gave Nirvana’s Nevermind a 3-star rating in 1991. They now give it 5 stars and rank it as the 17th greatest album of all time.

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BwYD TIL according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute, unplanned pregnancies cost US taxpayers $2.1B each year, more than half of U.S. pregnancies are unintended, and roughly 1-in-20 American women of reproductive age have an unplanned pregnancy each year.
nP9d TIL that Leonard Nimoy appeared in public as Spock only once. After needing police rescue from thousands seeking autographs, he did not repeat the experience.
EgywV Today I learned that Dwayne Johnson is the grandson of Lia Maivia, one of the first female promoters of wrestling.
VMkAG TIL in 1989, MLB broadcaster Jim Rooker said he'd walk back to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia if the Pirates blew a 10-run lead. When the Phillies came back and won 15-11, Rooker hosted a a 300-plus-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
OGen4 TIL that Hitler accused Czechoslovakia of committing genocide against ethnic Germans, prior to annexing and invading the country.