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TIL that there is a music genre dedicated to the 80´s called Retrowave (or Synthwave) which emulated the era on spot, only with modern production.

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6gDW TIL Michael Bay’s response to his critics opinions of him. “I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime.”
VRRD TIL The Lakota People have been trying to claim independence in the longest legal battle in history (more than 160 years) with the United States
kOEgg TIL Cards Against Humanity was initially named 'Cardenfreude', a pun on 'Schadenfreude', which is the experience of joy that comes from the humiliation of someone else.
grAQb TIL that the song Old Shep (written by Red Foley and made famous by Elvis), is based on dog Foley owned as a child, that, in reality, was poisoned by a neighbor.
LkgNv TIL at the Teheran Conference, Stalin proposed executing 50,000–100,000 German officers. Roosevelt, believing Stalin was not serious, joked that "maybe 49,000 would be enough". Churchill ended up storming out of the room and did not come back until Stalin claimed that the proposal was a joke indeed.