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TIL Mariah Carey was secretly in an alt-rock/“riot grrrl” band called Chick, inspired by Hole and Sleater-Kinney, that she would record at the end of the day while making her Daydream record. She’s the background vocals.

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BrNjx TIL That the heir of Napoleon Bonaparte is an investment banking analyst in New York
oooA TIL in 2000, the destroyer USS The Sullivans was the target of a failed terror plot in the Port of Aden; the bombers’ suicide boat was so overloaded with explosives that it sank. The culprits were able to salvage the explosives, and 9 months later, used them to attack the USS Cole in the same port.
mx1Wv TIL That the longest sperm cell in the animal kingdom (around 5.8cm long) comes from a tiny fruit fly (a few mm long)
KYvQa TIL that in Christianity, archangels are not the highest-ranking angels. They are the second-lowest level of angels.
x6vMw TIL that during WWII German troops consumed over 38 million crystal meth tablets, which could also be bought without a prescription.