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TIL Rick Kosick of Jackass/Wildboyz fame took the iconic photograph on the cover for Deftones' Around the Fur

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WkwPL TIL David Attenborough has released an album of Field Recordings from Across the Planet dating from 50 years ago , and featuring indigenous music from a time before these cultures had been influenced by western music.
Y7OWx TIL about Robert Morris, who went from becoming the richest man in the United States (and Senator), to living in a debtors prison for 3 years.
yQVLJ TIL Public poll names town's new gritters in UK
yQmPV TIL that the origin of high-heels can be traced back to 15th century Persia when soldiers wore them to help secure their feet in stirrups. Persian migrants brought the shoe trend to Europe, where male aristocrats wore them to appear taller and more formidable.
b61JN TIL king cobras aren't actually cobras; they get their name because they kill and eat other cobras.