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TIL Musician James McCartney (only son of Paul McCartney) was first inspired to play the guitar after seeing Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future, not by his father or The Beatles.

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yQ7rl TIL about Humbert of Moyenmoutier, who was sent by the Pope to carefully negotiate with the Patriarch of Constantinople. When the Patriarch failed to greet Humbert warmly, Humbert excommunicated the Patriarch in the Pope's name, creating the Great Schism, splitting the Christian church in half.
x6JL5 TIL that the Kingdom of Portugal and the Portuguese Republic were founded on the same day (October 5, the Kingdom being founded by the Treaty of Zamora and the Republic being founded by the 1910 revolution).
6EpbW TIL During WWII the Japanese were responsible for killing 500,000 Chinese by using insect "Yagi Bombs" which consisted a two compartment, one with houseflies and another with a bacterial slurry.
4Xa4b TIL, when Johnny Cash became interested in bible study in the early 80', he published a novel called The Man In White. Having done moderately well and received positive reviews, it was said to be one of his proudest accomplishments.
yVb78 TIL that The Simpsons episode where they go to Japan is banned in Japan.