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TIL Sharon Osbourne was the manager of smashing pumpkins until 2000: she put out a public statement saying "unfortunately I must resign today due to medical reasons...Billy Corgan was making me sick"

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p8WQG TIL about the Rosenhan experiment where fake patients feigned hallucinations to enter psychiatric hospitals were diagnosed with schizophrenia and continued to be treated even after they started acting normally proving that it's nearly impossible to distinguish sane from insane in a psych ward.
6Pr8 TIL that Jim Carrey was chosen to play Captain Jack Sparrow, but turned it down to be in Bruce Almighty
JJxB TIL The Korean text in “The Interview” poster says, “"The war will begin”, “Do not trust these ignorant Americans!” and “Awful work by the ‘pigs’ that created Neighbors and This Is the End.”
MgjW TIL that after a road side bomb killed a Marine, his company invaded two random houses and killed 24 Iraqi men women and children. Only one Marine was charged and served 90 days in jail.
rROY0 TIL of Yosuke the lost African grey parrot who was reunited with his owners after reciting their full address and his name to the veterinarian who found him. "I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian.