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TIL that the pimp from the movie Taxi Driver was originally written to be black as it matched what the writer of the movie was seeing in everyday life but he was changed to white as it was thought to have been unpalatable to audiences

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0wJoL TIL that on American metal band Tool's 1996 album, Ænima, there's an aggressive and intimidation song sung in German titled "Die Eier Von Satan" ("The Balls Of Satan"). However, when translated to English, the lyrics reveal themselves to be a recipe for hashish sugar cookies.
graky TIL of St Clair’s Defeat of 1791, when British armed Native Americans inflicted one of the worst ever defeats on the US Military.
X0MoQ TIL that on 1896, two dudes named Harbo and Samuelson, became the first people ever to row across the North Atlantic Ocean. Their record held for over a HUNDRED years, until a FOUR person team beat it in 2010.
pY5XG TIL of the Wildrake diving bell accident where two saturation divers became trapped in the bell at 522ft (159m) when both the lift & umbilical, carry power & hot water, became detached. Before rescue could get to them, they died of hypothermia.
YpZEv TIL There isn't really a market for Rhino horn as an aphrodisiac and media spreading that myth actually curtails conservation efforts because it perpetuates the myth that wasn't even there in the first place, causing more demand