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TIL “Licensed to Ill” by the Beastie Boys was originally going to be named “Don’t be a Fagot” but Columbia wouldn’t allow it

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R7v7 TIL: tampons have been used in war since world war 1 to address gun shot wounds, as well as our beloved twinkies
JY7Pv TIL Hulk Hogan was fired by WWF chairman Vince Mcmahon Sr. for accepting the role of Thunderlips in Rocky III. Due of his popularity from this film, two years later Mcmahons son Vince Jr, brought him back to the WWF using Hogans fame to eventually create WrestleMania.
4X6Go TIL in computing, half of a byte is called a nibble
lowkA TIL about the Marvel character Doop, an alien bean who among other things; has fought Thor to a standstill, was ready to murder Wolverine with a broken glass bottle, murdered someone with an axe and had sex with a married woman as well as the private investigator that was hired by the husband.
xVlWg TIL about the "Impossible Literacy Test of 1964" that was given in Louisiana to those who wanted to vote. The test is to be taken in less than 10 minutes, the questions were intentionally vague and obtuse and if you failed, you couldn't vote. It was intentionally used to disenfranchise voters.