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TIL Iggy Pop and David Bowie went to West Berlin to get clean

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rxey TIL blackcurrant flavour is almost unknown in America because blackcurrant can spread disease to pine trees so was banned for most of the 20th century
yQ8gX TIL in Finland the Black Sabbath song 'Paranoid' is regularly requested by concert goers as a joke much like the Lynyrd Skynyrd song 'Freebird' is in the United States. Regardless of the band or their musical style audiences will shout "Soittakaa 'Paranoid'!" ("Play 'Paranoid'!") during a concert
PYPYV TIL that some economists believe we are nearing "Peak Car", a new era where public transportation, ride-share programs, and alternative transportation will render personal vehicles obsolete.
YnXd TIL That the longest filibuster in U.S. history was made by Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. He filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It was revealed after his death that he had fathered a half-black daughter.
N7LnM TIL about Dr. Robert Heath, who drilled holes in a gay mans skull, inserted electrodes in brain regions responsible for pleasure and arousal and zapped him while having sex with a female prostitute in order to find a „cure“ for homosexuality.