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TIL when famous Japanese idol Yukiko Okada suddenly comitted suicide in 1986, many of her fans were so devastated that it resulted in numerous copycat suicides, the process has since been dubbed "Yukiko Syndrome"

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V1g0 TIL Jake Lloyd, who played Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, was so tormented as a result of his role that he gave up acting. “Other children were really mean to me…They would make the sound of the lightsaber every time they saw me.”
loQjB TIL Floccinaucinihilipilification is the longest non-technical word in the English language. It refers to the habit of dismissing things as useless
ADWQn TIL a 4-month-old Cinnamon bear provided much of the voice of Chewbacca. Other Chewbacca noises were voiced by three other bears, a badger, a lion, a seal, and a walrus from Long Beach.
wvJW TIL The Woman Who Won the Contest to Name Toronto’s Skydome Still Receives 2 Free Tickets to Every Skydome Event 25 Years Later
69VmQ TIL that 12 million "Shrek Forever After" drinking glasses (sold by McDonalds) were recalled in 2010 for containing the toxic metal Cadmium in their painted decorations