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TIL Kirk Hammett from Metallica played guitar in Aerials by System of a Down

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9Yg7D TIL in Japan, beer cans have braille text on them so blind people do not mistake them for soft drinks
rRWvd TIL prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for students in the US to be required to read from The Bible as part of their elementary education. A lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court, ended the practice that year.
x6mLg TIL that in 2002, McDonald's attracted significant public criticism, after It released a burger in Norway and Denmark called "McAfrika", just as a major famine was occurring in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Lesotho and Swaziland
lWO1 TIL that Mark Twain blew the bulk of his book profits and his wife’s inheritance investing in the failed Paige typesetting machine, the inflation-adjusted equivalent of $8million USD, which lead him to file bankruptcy in 1894.
KQ5G TIL there is a whistle-blower known as Clare Francis (possibly a fake identity for multiple people) who is responsible for tipping off over 100 academic journals about suspected fraudulent research.