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TIL that after he found God, Kirk Cameron got Julie McCullough fired from Growing Pains because she posed for Playboy Magazine

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DQ4jD TIL the song 'Yankee Doodle' was used by British soldiers before the Revolutionary War to mock American soldiers, stereotyping them as rural simpletons who would think putting a feather in their caps would make them 'Macaroni' (i.e. cool), but was later used by Americans as an anthem of defiance.
699yw TIL that American nuclear physicist Edward Condon was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for being at the forefront of the "revolutionary movement" of quantum mechanics. Condon responded that he believed in scientific advancements and didn't ask if they were made by Communists.
KEXw TIL Sweden tried out a 0.003% financial transaction (robin hood) tax, and it resulted in the volume of bond trading falling by 85% in the first week.
69LLJ TIL Four of the last 7 Illinois Govenors have been jailed
WrE9 TIL the migration route of the Monarch Butterfly still takes an eastward turn over Lake Superior, then a few miles later takes a southward turn, in order to avoid a mountain that once existed there millennia ago.