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TIL that Iran has banned the mullet haircut to “confront the cultural assault by the West”.

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6EVJ8 TIL that the dogs who fought to the death in the infamous Faces of Death movie were really just two puppers smeared with jelly and playing
Z0xv TIL to protest the outrageous overcharging of Australian fans, NIN’s Trent Reznor stated about his own music “Steal it. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin’.”
gMkK7 TIL Professional Wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage played in Minor League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals, learning to throw with his left hand after he injured his right shoulder and strengthening his swing by hitting a hanging car tire; the latter technique adopted by teammate Larry Herndon.
X8KR TIL That the reason the suffix ‘gate’ is tacked on to every scandal is because of William Safire, a speechwriter for Nixon and a political commentator at the NYT, who began affixing all scandals with -gate in the belief it would make his boss’s crimes seem less severe in the light of history
D1mAr TIL the game Bravely Default, an ultra-traditional jrpg released in 2012, was so successful globally, Square Enix had to reconsider their strategy of game making, as they were planning to only make action-focused, real-time based games to appeal the western audience.