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TIL The Boston Light is the only manned lighthouse in the United States

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p8DxO TIL About the history of cheese
Z8JQG TIL that in 1986, Primus frontman Les Claypool auditioned to be the bassist of Metallica after the death of former bassist Cliff Burton. Metallica frontman James Hetfield remarked that Claypool was not offered the job because "he was too good" and "should do his own thing".
N7DnQ TIL that there is another type of diamond called Lonsdaleite, which are naturally produced at meteorite impact sites. They are about 58 percent harder than regular diamonds, and are much rarer and more valuable.
rNVYd TIL about the U.S. Army’s Nuclear Disablement Teams, which train to assault and secure nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons during a ground war with a nuclear power.
e0ljL TIL: Back in the day of the first iPods the shuffle algorithm was overcomplicated so the audience complained about some songs being repeated more than others so Steve Jobs made an adjustment and simply said “we’re making it less random to make it feel more random”