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TIL that Lady Gaga's stage name came from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga". "One day when Fusari addressed a cell phone text to Germanotta under the moniker 'Radio Gaga' [and] his cell phone's spell check converted 'Radio' to 'Lady.' Germanotta loved it, and 'Lady Gaga' was born,"

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VB0rQ TIL that an American POW in World War 2 was questioned about US atomic bombs after the bombing of Hiroshima. He told them he didn't know anything about that, but when they threatened to kill them, he "revealed" they had hundreds and that Tokyo and Kyoto were next.
VWVB TIL the “Battle of B-R5RB”. It was an epic digital battle in EVE online and it costed $300,000 in real world money.It began when someone forgot to pay an in-game rent for an in-game space station.
nePyW TIL about Young Tom Morris, a Scottish professional golfer. He is considered one of the pioneers of professional golf. He won four consecutive titles in the Open Championship, an unmatched feat, and did this by the age of 21. He died on Christmas Day, 1875, aged 24.
ADBxg TIL A woodpecker's tongue wraps around its skull to protect it while hammers at over 1000 times the force of gravity. This protects it from bashing its brains out while pecking.
QJNX9 Physicians and veterinarians agree: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and is sick like a duck, it's best for it to be treated by someone trained to treat a duck. Faced with such a scenario, physicians would be armed only with what they know about human biology. And that doesn't go very far, says Rika Maeshiro, the director of Public Health and Prevention Projects for the Association of American Medical Colleges.