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TIL Aaron Sorkin, known for creating West Wing, Newsroom and other shows, has four acting credits as 'man in a bar'

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P4xe TIL that Starfish Prime was the largest man made nuclear explosion in outer space.
KYj54 TIL Nicolas Cage is the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and his real name is Nicolas Kim Coppola. To avoid accusations of nepotism, Nicolas chose the last name “Cage” due to being a fan of both the Marvel superhero Luke Cage and composer John Cage.
Y71xx TIL the game of Go is so complex that the number of legal board positions, which has been calculated to be approximately 2.1×10^170, is far greater than the number of atoms in the observable universe, which is estimated to be on the order of 10^80.
1lM8 TIL There is no systematic reporting of violence committed by the police in the US.
nWdjB TIL Divorce papers in the roman empire had to include a culpable party, which had potential legal complications. To avoid this, couples who wanted to divorce amicably, would officially put the blame on "an evil demon" that got between them and forced them to split up, thus avoiding culpability