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TIL the original lyrics to Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ were about crib death

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wLDvJ TIL that after the pandemic began, many investors purchased the wrong Zoom stock, getting shares in a defunct Chinese hardware company, instead of the calling app, Zoom Video Communications. This meant that the wrong Zoom stock price soared by 1800% before the SEC stepped in.
P1NlE TIL Harry Truman seriously considered running for a third consecutive presidential term in 1952. He was exempt from the 22nd amendment limiting every president to two terms because of a grandfather clause. However, a dismal loss in the New Hampshire primary convinced him not to.
PaVw TIL that a 14 year old black boy was brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955.
ndgW TIL Disney’s movie “Mars Needs Moms” resulted in an estimated loss of $130,503,621 and is Disney’s worst received movie ever.
womd1 TIL - "Hey You Guys!!" Was Sloth covering The Electric Company show from PBS.