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TIL Chris Farley has a brother that is a touring comedian
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TIL that within 3 years of TV catching on in Fiji in 1995, over 11% of girls reported purging to lose weight in a country previously free of eating disorders
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TIL of general Thomas Farrell, who demanded to hold the core of the first nuclear bomb in his hands before it was assembled. He later signed the Nagasaki bomb: "To Hirohito, with love and kisses, T. F. Farrell." This is the only love note written on a nuclear bomb used in war.
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TIL Nick Cage’s screen name was inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage and composer John Cage
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TIL 46 BCE is the longest year in history, with 445 days.
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TIL the hats worn by American new wave band Devo were influenced by the German Bauhaus movement, geometric fashion, and Aztec temples. The band members especially liked that, "we kind of looked like Lego toys."