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TIL that the songs "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" by Green Day and "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls (as well as many other songs) was played on the same guitar owned by producer Rob Cavallo that was nicknamed "Excalibur"

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GEn1 TIL that the trickle-down-economics Republicans support, also called “horse-and-sparrow theory”, is in German also named “Pferdeäpfel-Theorie”. A “Pferdeapfel” is literally horseshit.
yQr0a TIL in 1990 Marvel published a comic where the Hulk threw Hulk Hogan through a roof for "picking the wrong name"
pYjR4 TIL President Nixon tried to deport John Lennon during the Vietnam war for (mostly) Lennon being an activist against it and war in general.
5YNk TIL In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner while in their waters. A total of 290 Iranians died, including 66 children. The U.S. paid $61.8m in reparations, but never apologized. VP Bush later stated, I’ll never apologize for the U.S. Ever. I don’t care what the facts are.
PYv9e TIL The Ramones named their band as tribute to Paul McCartney early days with The Beatles when he was known as Paul Ramone