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TIL that Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, a former child prodigy that now works as a Special Adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is disgusted by his dad marrying his sister. On Fathers Day 2012, he tweeted “Happy father’s day— or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day”

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0dd9L TIL of the high % of NASA astronauts that were Boy Scouts. Of the 312 selected as astronauts, at least 207 have been active in scouting. Of the 24 to travel to the moon, 20 were scouts, including 11 of the 12 moonwalkers, and all three members of the crew of Apollo 13.
vPDn7 TIL of Timothy Buck— general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada from 1929-1962. Buck was one of the top leaders of the Communist International, and his closest election victory in becoming a Member of Parliament came in 1945, receiving 26.15% of the vote and coming 3rd place in his riding.
epmRg TIL Twinkies have a shelf-life of 45 days (it used to be 26), contrary to popular urban legends
kOeRg TIL that MTV refused to play "Billie Jean" and had never played any other video by Jackson or a black artist. Only after CBS Records president threatened to pull every video clip from his company and expose the racial discrimination MTV relented.
b9VQ7 TIL an imprisoned pimp sued Nike for $100 million in 2014, claiming that Nike should have warned him his Air Jordans were a dangerous weapon in disguise before he stomped on a man's face. The judge dismissed the case, but Nike still had to pay $1,456 in legal fees for their 90-second defense.