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TIL that in the 90s, Disney proposed a live-action version of Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) using the USS Arizona as the main vessel instead of Yamato

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WrmL TIL A group of writers purposely wrote a terrible novel full of nothing but sex scenes to prove how vulgar American literary culture had become. It became a bestseller.
ERBd TIL of the word “aptronym”, used for a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner, and its opposite, “inaptronym”. Examples of inaptronyms are Frank Beard, the only member of ZZ Top to not have a beard, and Donald Black, white supremacist.
XEmD6 TIL There is no such thing as a Right brain/Left brain personality divide. A 2013 brain scan study from the University of Utah, demonstrated that activity is similar on both sides of the brain regardless of one’s personality.
VBAXp TIL the oldest known highrise apartments in Shibam, Yemen, have been constantly rebuilt from mudbrick since the 1500s, and are surrounded by a fortified wall
nW5K9 TIL That for 40 years the Olympics included an arts competition: awarding medals for lyric and epic poetry