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TIL that Saudi Arabia imports sand from Australia and the UK
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TIL For the movie Godzilla (1998), Rage Against The Machine was commissioned to contribute to the original soundtrack. The resulting track, "No Shelter", explicitly trashes the movie and Hollywood in general
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TIL in The Beatles’ song “In My Life,” George Martin couldn’t play the piano as fast as the part he’d written. So, he played it an octave lower at half speed and just ran the tape back at twice the recording speed.
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TIL Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight Schrute from The Office, went vegan after his wife rescued two pot-bellied pigs
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TIL the name “California” comes from a 16th-century romance novel popular among the Spanish explorers who “discovered” the west coast.
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TIL That the levees built for New Orleans after Katrina, the full-blown $14 billion response to repairs needed, will likely be rendered useless in about 4 years unless more significant additions are built for them soon.