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TIL fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s original name is Ralph Lifshitz. He changed his name because, in his own words, “it has the word ‘shit’ in it”.

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aweAN TIL of Ernst Jean-Joseph, a Haitian who was the first player to fail a doping test at the World Cup. Haitian officials beat him up and flew him back to Haiti shortly after.
9w546 TIL "quiet storm" is a genre of R&B from the 1970s to the 1990s described as melodically soulful, sensuous and pensive, and designed for late-night listening.
6wVJ TIL that all the female voices in South Park were originally voiced by Mary Kay Bergman who committed suicide in 1999
R5ge4 TIL about an invented language from the 1800s called Esperanto. Its goal was to become a "world language" and the founder LL Zamenhof constructed it to be very easy to learn. It can be found on Duolingo and is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language.
dD8yd Til that during Vietnam soldiers often grafitied their helmets as a form of indivual expression or protest. "Born to Kill" "War is Hell" and many other phrases were often overlooked by officers even though they were against military code of conduct and dress code.