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TIL: Foo Fighters were active AIDS deniers

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jNbnX TIL that in 2003, there was a movement in America to rename the "French" part of French Fries, French Toast, etc, to "Freedom" (Freedom Fries, etc) after France refused to support the Iraqi war - Demonstrators even included government officials in Congress.
loQdK TIL Sayre's Law, which has been variously formulated as, "academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics because the stakes are so low" and "competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small".
VBOV8 TIL 95% of Londoners live within 400m of a bus stop
b9O8E TIL in 1946 the Soviet Union built a secret city called City 40 to house workers of a nearby nuclear plant and their families. For decades the fenced city and its 100k inhabitants were officially non existent. Today the city is called Ozersk and it's been exposed to 5x the radiation of Chernobyl.
XEexP TIL During an interview Marlon Brando was asked "Don't you realize you're thought of as the greatest actor ever?". Brando turned to his dog Tim and replied "Tim is the greatest actor ever. He pretends he loves me when he wants something to eat"