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TIL there is a Kappa Kappa Kappa (KKK) fraternity that is older than the Ku Klux Klan

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4XNy6 TIL that Tom Petty had a severe cold during the recording of "I Won't Back Down". George Harrison, whose vocals are featured on the recording, bought a ginger root, boiled it, and had Petty put his head in the pot to clear his sinuses. The final version was recorded moments after.
ANAZ4 TIL the word for father is "mama" in most of the western Australian Aboriginal languages. The word for mother is also "papa" in a subset of these languages.
QJxyk TIL that Patrick Stewart wanted to play Othello from the age of 14. In 1997 he got his chance, by portraying a white Othello in an otherwise all-black cast
OoGEa TIL: the US government has paid out 7 billion dollars in settlements to people poisoned by the US nuclear industry
KyRw TIL Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club was initially published as a 7-page short story – which exists as chapter 6 in the eventual novel.