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TIL: That the US Airforce has looked into research on: "How to use social media to control people like drones"

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ADap7 TIL that the band Metallica played a show in Antartica so that they would become the first band to perform on all seven continents.
X054E TIL Tesla is the most recalled car brand
Ed0P TIL that the actress who voiced Snow White in the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was forbidden to appear in any other film, television or media after the film was released until her death. Disney didn’t want to “Ruin the illusion of Snow White.”
oBbNA TIL when Justin Beiber was 17, he guest-starred as a serial bomber and serial killer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. One of the show's stars, Marg Helgenberger, later stated on French radio that he was 'kind of a brat' on the set of the show.
0dy01 TIL there is species of spider named Aptostichus barackobamai, more commonly referred to as the "Barack Obama trapdoor spider"