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TIL Springsteen’s Born In The USA was about the harmful effects of the Vietnam War on Americans and the treatment of Vietnam veterans upon their return home.

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QNQDM TIL Ususama-myoo is a Japanese toilet god with eight arms that hold various pointy weaponry. Toilet users falling in to areas where agricultural fertilizer from the outhouses were stored was a commonly unfortunate cause of death. Solution: pray to the well-armed toilet god for protection
OGBgY TIL: Coca-Cola no longer includes the actual Cola nut
N7R0E TIL about the job of lactation consultant, which is responsible for assessment of common and serious breast feeding problems, increasing milk supply and reduction of breast feeding pain
xVaYD TIL actor Michael Keaton got his start in show business as a production assistant on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He helped with the puppets and ran the trolley.
70D7 TIL Seth MacFarlane (of Family Guy, American Dad, and Ted) missed boarding American Airlines Flight 11 by fifteen minutes on September 11, 2001. He was late because of a bad travel agent and a hangover.