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TIL Tempura was introduced to Japan by the Portuguese in the 16th century

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ANm4n TIL Top Gun was produced in collaboration with the Pentagon to rebrand the US Navy's image after the Vietnam War and attract new Navy recruits
69478 TIL about the Ash Grove music club in Los Angeles. It was a mecca for blues and folk legends from 1958 to 1973. It influenced a generation of artists like Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger.
NX5XJ TIL that in 2021 The Republic of Turkey officially changed it's spelling to Türkiye
KOY7G TIL AT&T forced Apple to block Skype calls on the iPhone between 2007-2009 because it competed with their own service
POae TIL Chevy Chase is the only SNL cast member to be banned from ever hosting SNL again. “He once suggested a sketch, In 1985, where Terry Sweeney (an openly gay cast member), had AIDS, and the sketch showed viewers how much weight he lost every week.”