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TIL Limp Bizkit was the last band to play atop the World Trade Center. September 2000.

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j4vj TIL that on April 1, 1974, the local residents of Sitka, Alaska woke to their nearby dormant volcano, Mount Edgecumbe, billowing out black smoke. When a Coast Guard pilot came closer to investigate, he found 70 tires burning and the words “APRIL FOOL” spray painted into the snow.
P10lg TIL Neanderthals built circular structures from stalactites and stalagmites deep within a cave around 176,000 years ago.
9YmQQ TIL that Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson used to play practical jokes on director Andrew Stanton. As revenge, Stanton named the fish killer in Finding Nemo after her.
rRWWo TIL organizers of the Woodstock festival claimed to the authorities in Bethel, NY, that less than 50,000 people would turn up, despite selling 186,000 tickets in advance. The festival ultimately drew an audience of over 400,000, and both Bethel and NY State banned such events in its wake.
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