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TIL there is a dinosaur heavy metal band in Finland that is incredibly popular with children.

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aXa9 TIL of an area in Ohio called Helltown. It became abandoned in the 1970’s when the US government drove citizens from their homes through eminent domain to form national parks. One poor soul scrawled, “This is how the Indians must have felt” on the wall of his former home.
Xwwr TIL Nick Kroll’s dad, Jules B. Kroll, has a net worth of $1.5 billion, as the founder of Kroll, Inc. In 1972, Kroll, Inc was the largest risk consulting and corporate investigations firm. It was considered by many insiders to be the inventor of modern corporate investigation.
7rKaZ TIL High School boys had to swim in the nude in schools across America until 1970
b6Zop TIL that the term "soccer" originated in England as slang representing the "soc" in "association football"
wLGjE TIL that Plan B isn’t as likely to work if you weigh over 175lbs and I feel like all women should know about this.