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TIL the United States has a Space Force

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grvg4 TIL The lead singer of the Gin Blossoms was forced out of the band due to addictions issues, and the record company withheld $15k owed to him until he signed over most his royalties. Shortly after the band scored a hit single with one his songs. He committed suicide a few months later.
oBW7o TIL the Soviets had their own spin on the Western genre of film called Osterns (Easterns). Instead of being set in the American frontier they were set in the Soviet union during the Russian Civil War
k4bE TIL that on December 25th, the ancient Romans would celebrate Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the birthday of their sun god. The holiday eventually morphed into Christmas.
yryJ TIL for the Star Wars: Episode V, Lucas paid a fine and resigned from the Directors Guild rather than obey its demand that he begin with conventional opening credits.
Vyrk TIL Instead of donating money to the New York Food Bank, Toyota offered “kaizen”, a Japanese word meaning “continuous improvement”. Toyota sent its engineers to the soup kitchen and reduced wait time from 90 to 18 minutes.