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TIL the song "Marigold", written and composed by Dave Grohl, has the distinction of being the only song released by both Nirvana and Foo Fighters.

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6QLZ TIL In 2012 PETA Euthanized 89% of the animals they “rescued”
nAD7 TIL in 1995, McDonald’s asked Greenpeace activists to stop criticizing their company publicly and instead do it only in private with their friends. Activists said they’d agree if McDonald’s stopped advertising its products and instead only recommended their restaurants privately to friends.
R5dDl TIL that the use of the word 'grog' to mean 'alcoholic beverage' comes from a nickname given to the 18th century naval officer Edward Vernon, who liked to wear a cloak made of grogram cloth.
d60B TIL Al Sharpton led the public civil rights involvement of a rape case of Tawana Brawley in which 6 whites (including police officers) were accused of raping the young girl and putting her in a trash bag covered in feces. The jury later found the defendants innocent and the story fabricated.
4eM6 TIL Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were classmates at acting school in the early 60s. Both were voted “Least Likely to Succeed”