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TIL that David Bowie never won a Grammy for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Male Vocal Performance, or Best Rock Album.

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DaLD TIL ‘Mortal Kombat’ was originally designed as a Jean-Claude van Damme fighting game. When he wasn’t able to commit his likeness, his character was changed by the designers to 'Johnny Cage’ and the MK franchise was born.
A8Qd TIL “checks” can be written on just about anything and not necessarily on an actual check
50Nk TIL On a trip to China, Prince Philip joked to students that “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go slit-eyed.” After initial concerns of offense, Chinese officials responded that they also warned their students of going “round-eyed” when studying abroad.“
ADPEo TIL the political "Left" and "Right" picked those sides in 1789, when French revolutionaries in the National Assembly decided which side of the room they would sit on. "So as to avoid the shouts, oaths, and indecencies that enjoyed free rein in the opposing camp." -Baron de Gauville
N75x8 TIL that there is a German settlement in the jungles of Peru called Pozuzo that was established in 1859 by around 150 German/Austrian settlers. They were completely cut off from both their Homeland and the rest of Peru for 120 years. They were able to do this by being completely self sufficient.