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TIL Black Sabbath wrote the hit song “Paranoid” in 20 minutes to fill the remaining 3 minutes of time on their upcoming album. It is now regarded as one of the greatest rock and heavy metal songs of all time.

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6EBxw TIL a filmmaker shot a soap opera web series called IKEA Heights entirely inside a Burbank, California IKEA without their permission. The creator of the show noticed that the well-lit sets and difficulty in getting the attention of employees made it an ideal location to film a show.
P1Ebw TIL about the woman who was hanging out with friends at the American Legion in a small Minnesota town. Her car slid off the icy road into a ditch. Trying to walk to a friend's house, she ended up freezing (solid!) in her friend's yard. She lived, was fine actually, and still ives in Minnesota.
N7QMN TIL that over half of Japanese hot springs (onsen) ban people with tattoos from using their facilities in order to keep out members of the Yakuza, who often have large, prominent tattoos.
XdO8 TIL The ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne was so afraid that the surgeon John Hunter wanted his body dissection and display, he arranged to be buried at sea. Hunter snatched Byrne’s cadaver on the way to the burial, reduced Byrne’s body to its skeleton and put it in his museum where it still remains
6E58Q TIL When a Dominos customer regular didn’t place an order after 2 weeks the store employees went to check on him and found he was in need to urgent medical attention. It most likely saved his life