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TIL guitarist Ronnie Wood has had a plastic septum inserted in 1975, because he destroyed the natural one with cocaine use.

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d80NK TIL an american dentist inscribed the words "Remember Pearl Harbor" secretly in morse code inside the dentures of former Japanese PM Gen. Hideki Tojo who ordered the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
YvKA TIL in 1999, Ben Stiller made a pilot starring Jack Black as a former astronaut. He was exposed to inappropriate levels of solar energy, giving him superintelligence. And Owen Wilson played Heat Vision, a talking motorcycle.
wD0o TIL Cheese originally started being dyed yellow and orange in the 17th century to fool people into thinking it was a higher quality
MeLEB TIL In 1990 Disney wanted to put Minnie Mouse on the $5 bill of their in house currency and promote it as the first woman on a dollar bill. It was then revealed that Martha Washington on a $1 bill in 1891. In reality Pocahontas was even earlier, appearing on a $20 bill in 1863.
ZGPa TIL that today is Kamehameha Day, to celebrate the first king of Hawaii