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TIL The '1% Rule' is a rule of thumb which states that only 1% of users actively create new content. The other 99% only lurk.

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DQ5Er TIL of the 80's Japanese punk band 'Hanatarash', famous for their live shows. Before being banned by most venues they had used a machete to cleave a dead cat, incidents with circular saws, used excavators to tear down venues, and at one point threatened to throw a molotov cocktail into the crowd
yVvya TIL about Meridianiite, a material which contains more water per volume than pure water itself.
B6Py TIL that, after the D-Day landings, the RAF modified some of the jettison fuel tanks on Spitfire planes to instead carry beer, as the troops were dismayed that all they could get in France was cider. The Spitfires then flew at 15,000 feet, ensuring the beer was chilled on arrival.
VM1Ep TIL that a group of Butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.
Rr5j TIL A suicidal painter was saved from death 3 times by the same “mysterious” monk. Nobody knew who the monk was; the painter didn’t even know the monk’s name.