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TIL Lebron James and Steph Curry were coincidentally born at the same hospital in Akron, Ohio

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9wLaB TIL every LEGO minifigure had the exact same head shape for the first 21 yrs of minifigure production, limiting what characters it could do. It wasn't until 1999 & the Jar Jar Binks minifigure for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace that LEGO introduced sculpted head pieces for its minifigures
YYPB TIL Chiquita Banana used to be called “United Fruit Company” And caused something called “The Banana Massacre”.
4krD6 Today I learned that in an early draft of the Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat", Jose Canseco missed the big game at the end because he was having an affair with Mrs. Krabappel. The real Conseco objected to this, so the finished episode has him missing the game for a more heroic reason.
pPZb TIL Matt Groening originally pushed for Marge Simpson to be hiding rabbit ears under her hair, but Sam Simon strongly rejected the idea. Evidence of this can be seen in other Simpsons media.
G601 TIL the song Fly Me to the Moon was the first music ever heard and played on the Moon, when Buzz Aldrin played it on a cassette tape.