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

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jkov TIL of Garfield Minus Garfield, a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal Jon Arbuckle as isolated, lonely, and depressed.
gMovy TIL when Chris Pratt was asked by his wrestling coach about what he wished to do with his life, he responded with, 'I don't know, but I know I'll be famous and I know I'll make a s- ton of money.'
oRP9Y TIL that Ernest Shackleton, a polar explorer most well known for the Endurance Expedition, when he led his entire crew out of the Antarctic ice after their ship had been crushed, was one of the men who testified at the British inquiry into the Titanic disaster.
ANXgg TIL about tintinnabulum - phallic wind chimes intended to ward off evil in Ancient Rome
v1Z47 TIL that Mozart had an extreme dislike for the soprano Adriana Ferrarese del Bene. She had a strange tendency to bob her head to low and high notes, and knowing this, Mozart chose to fill her showpiece with constant harmonic leaps. He took great pleasure watching her bob her head "like a chicken".