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TIL that JJ Abrams has made a deal with Valve to produce films based on Portal and Half-Life

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9wMA6 TIL that in 2016, Saturday Night Live Korea faced controversy when female staffers groped members of K-Pop bands B1A4, INFINITE and B Block.
agvA TIL that congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by the testimony of a Kuwaiti nurse who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. This never happened. The nurse was not a nurse. She was coached by a PR firm.
GYZv5 TIL Amy Carter (daughter of President Jimmy Carter), has been arrested 4 times: three times for protesting against Apartheid and once for protesting against CIA recruitment in college
LQM4p TIL that the line "they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night" in Bruce Springsteen's classic hit song "Atlantic City" is in reference to slain Philadelphia mob boss Phillip "Chicken Man" Testa. Testa was assassinated by his own underboss Peter Casella, using a nail bomb as the weapon.
OGYY4 TIL Peter Gabriel's song 'Don't Give Up' was inspired by photograph's of depression era Americans. He originally approached Dolly Parton to sing, she turned him down and Kate Bush agreed to take her place. Elton John credits the song with helping to inspire him to achieve sobriety.