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TIL The CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch went on record as saying he does not want fat or unattractive people wearing his clothes or employed at his company.

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VgN0 TIL in 1994, Actor Jack Nicholson got out of his car and smashed the windshield of another Driver’s Mercedes with a golf club for “cutting him off”. Nicholson reportedly offered an apology and a $500K check that successfully ended any criminal prosecution for the road-rage incident.
m1aGO TIL that the son of the PM of the Japanese puppet of Manchukuo was feeding information to the Red Army of Japanese activity. When the Soviets invaded Manchuria and his father and the ministers were planning to escape, he informed the Red Army of the fact and they arrested the cabinet.
N7Wgb TIL that The Wolf of Wall Street, a film about financial fraud, was financed by a company accused of committing multiple crimes, including fraud.
a8pwo TIL that NASA plans to crash the ISS into the Pacific Ocean in 2031 and transition Low Earth Orbit activities to the commercial sector.
R75b4 TIL that the episode 'Paedogeddon!' of satirical series Brass Eye received nearly 3000 complaints. Some politicians condemned the episode, but later admitted never seeing it, including former Home Secretary David Blunkett who said he hadn't seen it because he was 'on holiday at the time and blind'.