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TIL The title song "That Thing You Do" was written by the same guy who also wrote "Stacy's Mom"

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GAoDN TIL Richard Nixon’s daughter married Dwight Eisenhower’s grandson.
nyQB TIL Senator William Spong of Virginia, to prevent his name from being mispronounced as “Sponge”, made his first act as senator introducing a bill called the Long Fong Spong Hong Kong Song Bill, which would protect the songwriters in Hong Kong. This was, of course, cosponsored by Sen. Long and Fong.
R7kXj TIL: The eruption of mount vesuvius, which decimated pompeii, occoured on 24 August AD 79, just one day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of fire, including that from volcanoes.
j6M7E TIL People who have Asian flush reaction after drinking alcohol have a much higher risk of developing esophageal cancer compared to those without the reaction.
7r0Pp TIL when MAD published a parody of Star Wars, George Lucas' lawyers demanded the issue be recalled and that Lucasfilm receive all revenue from the issue. Unbeknownst to Lucas' lawyers, MAD had just received a letter from Lucas, expressing delight over it and comparing the artist to Leonardo Da Vinci