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TIL that Metallica was the first band to perform on all seven continents by performing live and un-amplified (to protect the environment) in Antarctica.

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d8Pp7 TIL There is an extant virus in the same genus as smallpox called Monkeypox which can also infect humans and causes a disease that looks like a milder version of smallpox, with a death rate of up to 10%
Y7vvd TIl in August 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower at the University of Texas and used a high power rifle to kill 17 people. His autopsy showed that he had a highly malignant brain tumor that might have caused his murderous behavior.
JP1 TIL that General Eisenhower ordered every citizen Gotha, Germany to tour the concentration camp Ohrdruf (a subcamp of Buchenwald). After the mayor of the town and his wife did so, they went home and hanged themselves (#80)
a8dXA TIL most receipts use toxic ink that gets absorbed through skin contact
yV0Ja TIL during the great depression, America expelled and deported between 300,000 and 2,000,000 people of Mexican heritage. Of which 40% - 60% were US citizens