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TIL that one of Lou Gehrig's nicknames was "Biscuit Pants"

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oxaW TIL blue jeans are illegal in North Korea because they are a symbol of American imperialism.
LQ1QQ TIL that the US government no longer uses the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), the preferred term is Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) since UFOs are a source of ridicule due to their popular association with alien spacecraft
RxNQ TIL that Cary Grant’s girlfriend convinced him to see Alice Cooper in concert. On the ride home, when she asked him what he thought of it, he said, “Remember I told you about the time I took LSD in my doctor’s office and shat all over his rug and floor?… Well now I know how that poor doctor felt.“
VdMB TIL that Penguinone, an organic chemical compound, got its name from the fact that its molecular structure resembles a penguin.
v1MP8 TIL that while filming 'Batman Begins' a drunk driver crashed into the Batmobile because he thought it was an alien spacecraft. "This poor drunken guy who didn’t have a license. [He] said he got so panicked when he saw the car that he thought aliens were landing," explained Christian Bale.