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TIL Nirvana had five different drummers. Dave Grohl was the only one to experience mainstream success

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n0Qb TIL in 1963 Wendell Scott became to first African American to win a Nascar Race. Though being two laps ahead of the other cars, was ignored because the winner was to kiss a white beauty queen. He was awarded the trophy in 2010, 20 years after his death. (More in Comments).
VMv18 TIL The vibrator was invented before the vacuum cleaner (1883)
9wLmQ TIL: In Florida there is "Sausage Castle", a Juggalo party compound near an alligator lake with depraved parties. The owner says, "If you are not 500 lbs, a midget, or m*lested by your dad, we don't want you". He is considered extreme even for Juggalo's and his parties are marketed to "lowlives".
j667p TIL about Deafula (1975), the first ever film performed entirely in American Sign Language. It was released with no audio track in the original release, but later releases include a dub for hearing audiences.
J58l TIL as far back as the 1930s drivers could buy an “analog GPS” unit featuring moving maps of your location, route and destination - “Thought to be the first automated car-mounted navigation device, the gadget was tied into the speedometer in order to pace travel progress.”