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TIL that Green Day chose that name because they were all potheads at the time

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ep77J TIL A music critic, remarking on the 'obscene' lyrics of Toni Basil's song Mickey, described Toni Basil as 'the only woman to offer to take it up the ass on top 40 radio.' Something which Basil denies.
vPMmB TIL that Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. An Olympic gold medalist; his personal best of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet (2.4 m).
ZpPQa TIL Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed because the pilot let his kids fly the plane who unknowingly partially disengaged the autopilot function. The crash killed all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
OGoQ4 TIL that collecting orchids was so popular among the Victorians that it had a name - "orchidelirium." Orchids would often die after collection due to lack of knowledge about their cultivation. The craze reduced after international trade in wild orchids was banned in 1973.
7rQwO TIL of cardiac surgeon Michael DeBakey, who developed MASH hospitals and many new surgical techniques, including the first treatment for aortic dissection. In 2005, he suffered an aoertic dissection and his life was saved by the surgery he invented.