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Jul 18, 2020

TIL in 2013, Metallica performed in Antarctica just to break a record and be the first musical act to perform on all 7 continents.

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Jul 07, 2020

TIL that metal (eg. coins, nails...) has no smell at all. The distinct smell we associate with metals is just the metal reacting with oils and other dirt on our hands. If you wash a coin thoroughly and smell it without ever touching it, it won't have any smell at all.

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Jun 14, 2020

TIL that Ozzy Osborne had his genome sequenced to better understand how he's still alive after years of hard drug and alcohol abuse.

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Mar 03, 2020

TIL Marilyn Manson claims the Columbine Massacre destroyed his career. He was blamed for one of the worst shootings in US history.

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Jan 06, 2020

TIL: Power lines are made of aluminum and not copper because even though aluminum lines must be 1.5 times thicker to match the same conductivity, they're still 2 times lighter.

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Jan 06, 2020

TIL that Tony Iommi, of Black Sabbath, accidentally cut off the tips of two fingers on his right hand on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory. He was depressed, until his factory manager told him about Django Reinhardt- a guitarist who had also lost some fingers. It inspired him to play.

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Oct 02, 2019

TIL that Nicholas Cage has a Goth Son who sang in a Black Metal band and invented a genre called "Ghost Metal" in which he incorporates ancient instruments, like the Bouzouki, to invoke a "ghostly feeling".

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Aug 22, 2019

TIL In 2015 Joakim Brodén, vocalist of Sabaton, being drunk he bet that he would walk to their next concert, forgetting that it was gonna be at Tronheim, +550km from his position. He ended up walking more than 700km.

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Aug 12, 2019

TIL that rock band Iron Maiden went to a restaurant after a 1984 concert in Poland. The Maidens saw a wedding inside; after a chat, they took the wedding band's instruments and began playing for the night. Guests had no idea until the groom saw that his wedding band transformed into Iron Maiden.

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May 07, 2019

Today I learned that there is a German band called Compressor Head composed entirely of Robots, who actually play the instruments.

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