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TIL that MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is called “Macaroni Rascals” in Japan.

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R5g86 TIL Jamaican-born Dr. Kenneth Melville was one of the first Black medical students at McGill University in Montreal who became an internationally respected pharmacologist. He was pivotal in the battle for racial justice, civil rights, and human rights in Canada.
oPbK TIL In the early 90’s, director David Zucker commissioned Trey Parker and Matt Stone to make a video to promote Universal Studios… This was the result
wL4DW TIL of Raoul Wallenberg who is believed to have saved over 100 000 Hungarian Jews during WW2 by faking passports, and was never seen again after disappearing at the end of the war. Most likely died in a Moscow prison 1947.
dDR6Q TIL mushroom clouds can be caused by any powerful explosion, not just nuclear, and there are depictions of them in art since the 1700's
7rjL TIL that it is still possible to lease a rotary phone from AT&T