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TIL that The Sex Pistols were asked by their manager to write a song called "Submission", hoping they would write about bondage. Instead they wrote a song about a submarine mission.

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l7195 TIL that the largest far-right ultra-nationalist organization in Germany is the Turkish Grey Wolves.
mxyQp TIL There's no evidence that Neanderthal females bred with Sapien males, perchance because: it led to mutations that caused the offspring's extinction; hybrid offspring of Neanderthal mothers became extinct with them; or female Neanderthals and male Sapiens did not produce fertile offspring
NXLV8 TIL That L Ron Hubbards Grandson is a renowned Slam Poet and activist against Scientology.
kO7N1 TIL The leaf which cartoon characters use as an umbrella sometimes, is actually a real plant, named Colocasia or commonly called Elephant Ear Plant.
Br5x TIL: On this date in 1877, Thomas Edison suggests using the word hello as a telephone greeting. The idea catches on.