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TIL the bikini was named after a Pacific island the United States bombed during nuclear testing nuclear testing, displacing the entire population and rendering the island uninhabitable. The bikini was supposed to have the same "explosive" effect on men who saw women wearing it.

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8agBZ TIL The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub.L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250) is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays (including Memorial Day, formerly May 30th). Signed: 6/28/1968; Effective: 1/1/1971
Koya TIL The Simpsons Movie was banned in Burma because the censor board prohibits the colors yellow and red in film
J8Vm TIL author George Burns wrote a book called “How to live to be 100”. He was born in 1896 and died in 1996.
EB9W TIL that around roughly 4 pounds of your body weight is the weight of trillions of microorganisms in your gut
N7dre TIL a Greyhound became a Saint in 13th Century France