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TIL that one of the first albums to have a parental advisory sticker was Frank Zappa’s ‘Jazz From Hell’ in 1986. The album is completely instrumental.

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Mrga TIL Leonarda Cianciulli killed 3 women and turned their body fat into soap giving it to her neighbours and used their blood as an ingredient for cakes which were eaten by her friends, her son and herself.
9ykr TIL that there are gold plated ATMs in various countries that dispense gold bars (first ATM was located in Abu Dhabi). The machines are fitted “like an armored vehicle” and tested with explosives to prevent theft.
9YALB TIL the voice actors of Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married in real life
XmpD TIL that back when NYC subways ran on tokens people would jam the slots with paper so they could suck the tokens out with their mouths. This was refered to as “Token Sucking” and some token booth attendants even tried to deter this crime by sprinkling chili powder in the slots.
wLAE1 TIL about Rhode Island. The smallest US state, it was first in the union to declare independence from great Britain - on May 4, 1776. The rest of the Union would follow suit, and in turn force RI to ratify the US constitution. It was the last state to do so.