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TIL that the White House forbade female staffers and employees from wearing pants instead of skirts until the Energy Crisis of 1973, when building temperatures were lowered and pants were finally allowed.

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d8K1r TIL that during the filming of Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone was hit so hard by Dolph Lundgren, he spent 8 days within intensive care. The injuries he sustained are usually caused by steering wheel trauma to the chest in car accidents. Stallone said "in a sense I was hit by a 'streetcar named drago'"
e0eXL TIL That Tupac Shakur Changed The Name Of His Publishing Company From 'Ghetto Gospel Music' To 'Joshua's Dream' After Meeting An 11 Yr. Old With Muscular Dystrophy Who Died 45 Minutes After Tupac Left The Hospital From Visiting Him.
wopYP TIL The biggest chicken nugget ever made weighed 51 pounds and was 3.25 feet long x 2 feet wide
6ElxY TIL popular actor and celebrity Keanu Reeves donated over $75 million dollars to 14 different charities, as well as his autographed Talent Pass from the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.
DpVp TIL that Goldeneye was Ian Fleming’s Jamaican villa where he wrote all 14 Bond novels and you can rent it for $6000/night.