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TIL David Bowie and Dennis Hopper once smuggled cocaine into a psych ward for Iggy Pop while wearing spacesuits

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ADVEB TIL about the 1943 Quebec Agreement, where the United States and the United Kingdom agreed in secret not to use nuclear weapons without each others consent. When asked, the U.K. provided its consent to use nuclear weapons on Japan on July 4, 1945.
rRyVo TIL that ZONE-tan, the mascot of ZONE-SAMA, was voiced by a Filipina named Cassandra Ford (who is also one of the founders of a band called The Vincent Black Shadow)
Wkrg9 TIL about a Horror themed Japanese Anime series called Ghost Stories that was not well received in Japan and when it was dubbed over in English the voice acting cast were given free rein to say whatever they wanted. This led to the entire series becoming a Dark Comedy rather than Horror.
QJna9 TIL Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, bigger than Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
wLmZJ TIL Killer whales aren't whales. Despite being named whales, they are the largest species of Dolphins.