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Today I learned that “Boner” from Growing Pains was the son of the actor that played “Checkov” from Star Trek

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D16dP TIL: In 1939 20,000 Nazis held a “Pro-Americanism” rally at Madison Square Garden featuring a massive portrait of George Washington sided by Swastikas.
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