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TIL Brian Wecht, member of comedy band "Ninja sex party" started a kid friendly band called "go banana go"

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mxrlx TIL that Haiti and Liechtenstein had the same flag at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,which prompted Liechtenstein to add a crown to theirs the following year.
M74Ga TIL in 1934 actress Joan Lowell sued producers of a movie based on her autobiography for withholding profits. They counter sued claiming she was just a horrible actress - it was revealed later that her autobiography was a work of fiction.
oBNVA TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone lost the Oscar for Best Song to Phil Collins in 1999. As a result they brutally satirized him in the episode “Timmy 2000.” They have him sing a parody of “You’ll Be In My Heart,” get booed off stage, and then had his Oscar shoved up his ass.
XEWMP TIL there are approximately 20 supervolcanoes in the world, and the supervolcano underlying Yellowstone last erupted approximately 600,000 years ago.
rRpDM TIL The Philippines sent 1,000 troops to the Korean war as crew for US tanks. Tanks never came and they were forced to face 40,000 North Korean and Chinese soldiers during the Great Spring Offensive and managed to hold their portion of the line and get surrounded as the line beside them collapsed.