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TIL David Letterman was Blackmailed for $2 Million and Worked with Authorities to Catch the Perpetrator.

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wLgQW TIL that the Black Crowes album "Amorica" featured a controversial album cover taken from an iconic Hustler magazine cover that showed pubic hair sticking out of an American flag string bikini. It was banned, and a new cover was issued blacking out all but the flag bikini.
9wAgD TIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It never achieved its goals.
nK6G TIL: Inmates at a Bolivia prison live as a society. They have jobs, buy or rent their accommodation, and often live with their families
NXPAN TIL that Japanese Sumo wrestlers life expectancy is between 60-65 years old or about 20 years less than the typical Japanese male.
WkQW8 TIL, there are grapes flavored like cotton candy. David Cain created the unique flavor through plant breeding in 2011. He bred 1,000 plants before perfecting the cotton candy flavor.