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TIL Metallica released a video in 2012 appealing for help to solve the 2009 murder of a 20yo fan, Morgan Harrington, who disappeared after their show. They offered $50K on top of the $100K by police.

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ELDP TIL that a hacker successfully recreated the fingerprint of the German defense minister using just a photograph of her hand.
Y7V4P TIL about Satan Panonski, a Croatian punk rock musician, performance artist and poet who was known for his highly controversial live shows and tumultuous personal life.
VB6mQ TIL The Keaton parents on 'Family Ties' (actors Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross) share the same birthday (June, 21, 1947)
dD4E8 TIL the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE was so hot it turned one victim’s brain into glass
loP5a TIL the term "meritocracy" was coined by Michael Young in his 1958 dystopian essay "The Rise of the Meritocracy" to demonstrate the social dysfunctions he predicted arising in societies where the elites believe that they are successful entirely on the basis of merit.