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TIL From the 1940s until the 1970s, Ivy League schools including Harvard and Yale took nude photos of all incoming freshmen.

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wojBE TIL On The Cure's first big tour Robert Smith pulled double duty after the guitarist for headliner Siouxsie and the Banshees quit. Smith opened as lead singer and guitarist with The Cure and then played lead guitar for the Banshees. He said the experience heavily influenced The Cure's future sound.
kJd07 TIL that Orson Welles, Noam Chomsky, and Ayn Rand all recorded (rather moribund) Christmas specials.
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