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TIL that "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" by James Brown was recorded in one take during an hour of downtime in between tour dates

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yOEl TIL that in 1979 a 16 yr old girl shot up an elementary school in San Diego. The reason for the shooting “I don’t like Mondays”.
aNeA TIL that a Queen song, “Stone Cold Crazy”, is widely considered to be one of the first thrash metal songs ever written.
6EX1Y TIL Congress passed a law in 1973 that mandated safety features to prevent a car from starting unless the driver buckled their seatbelt; the technology was mostly effective, but was so unpopular with voters that Congress was pressured to repeal the law just one year later in 1974
BrOLL TIL that the monsters in the 2008 movie "Dark Floors" are actually a band from Finland called "Lordi" They made the movie after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006
QBdE TIL Of a bank in Italy which offers loans in exchange for wheels of cheese. Currently they house 430,000 wheels, with a value up to 190 million euros.