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TIL the title for Guns N'Roses classic 1987 album “Appetite For Destruction” comes from its original cover art, a surrealist painting by Robert Williams which “depicted a robotic rapist about to be punished by a metal avenger.” The cover was replaced after stores refused to stock it.

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WkoLY TIL: Newly declassified public records obtained via the Freedom of Information Act shed light on Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground military experiments. Tests involved human exposure to biological and chemical agents while others studied weaponized mosquitos released on civilian populations in the U.S.
woXmJ TIL that the very original screening of Lion King 1994 had two baby cubs at the end rather than one. This was later changed to one on later screenings.
Y70od TIL Sparrow Force, a mostly Australian WW 2 unit, was stranded for 10 months on a Japanese-held island, fighting against 100-to-1 odds, with no radio for most of that time. A radio was improvised & sent, “Force intact. Still fighting. Badly need boots, quinine, money, and Tommy-gun ammunition.”
PYK5n TIL Disney heiress Abigail Disney became very uncomfortable with her family wealth when she found herself sitting alone on a private 737 jet. She started giving away money at age 21 and once even considered giving it all away, which was embarassing for her parents
LkEkv TIL after a Hell's Angels member threw a tire iron at Evel Knievel during a stunt show, he and a majority of the spectators fought back, sending three of the fifteen Hells Angels members to the hospital