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TIL That performer Nell Campbell, who originated the role of Columbia in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' play and movie, would go on to open the eponymous nightclub/restaurant Nell's which became a mainstay of the NYC club scene for almost twenty years.

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epgrL TIL: There was a funded scientific study on how watching anime affected IQ and human behavior among teens and young adults. It is shown that, on average Anime viewers score higher on IQ tests and general knowledge than non viewers. However, half of anime viewers have a diminished social life.
VMmW0 TIL that the beloved British dish of fish&chips was the result of Portugeuse Jews fleeing the Inquisition and bringing their fried fish dish and potatoes losing their bad reputation as gross and poisonous, becoming a European staple.
GYmeG TIL about the largest Empires. Spain was the first global empire. The British was the largest ( 22% of the earth's land-mass). Mongol's was the largest contiguous and Portugal's is the longest-lived modern European colonial empires.
b60Z7 TIL U-570 was a WW2 German U-boat that achieved the unusual distinction of surrendering to an aircraft when a British Hudson Bomber struck her with depth charges in 1941. She was then commissioned into the Royal Navy as the HMS Graph until being decommissioned and wrecked off Scotland in 1944.
EgJO0 TIL that SimCity was going to have an NES version along with the SNES version but was then canceled after being in favor of focusing on the SNES version.