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TIL that David Kirkpatrick adopted the stage name "Slim Dusty" in 1938 at age 11. He went on to release 118 records (60 studio albums)

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nY17 Jennifer Lawrence’s casting as Katniss Evergreen in ‘The Hunger Games’ films was condemned by many fans and professional critics, who considered her to be too fat for the role of a starving girl.
j6oKE TIL I Am a Cat is a satirical novel written in the early 1900s about Japanese society during the Meiji period, particularly the uneasy mix of Western culture and Japanese traditions. It is told from the perspective of an anthropomorphized domestic cat who is a regular house cat of a teacher.
Oolgg TIL The granddaughter of Chinese Republican founder Sun Yat-sen was rejected by the Communist League of China because of her family background. Despite scoring highest at school in the college-entry exam, no university accepted her until her grandfather's wife helped her get into Tongji University
l71wK TIL: In 1982 Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em was released on Atari. Players control two nude women; the goal is to catch semen in their mouths, which is falling from a masturbating man on a rooftop, without missing.
nWX4r TIL that eating raw shiitake mushrooms can cause an itchy rash that lasts for weeks., called shiitake flagellate dermatitis.