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TIL that the famous “Fallout”-Style is actually called Atompunk.

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P1yrO TIL On September 27, 1987, Dolly Parton debuted her primetime variety show on ABC, which set a record for the highest-rated premiere of a new television series at the time, attracting 39.47 million viewers. The first episode featured guest appearances by Oprah Winfrey, Hulk Hogan and Pee-wee Herman
A7ll TIL there was a successful peaceful revolution in Iceland from 2009-2011 where the citizens of Iceland forced their prime minister & his whole government to resign by banging pots & pans. [none of this was televised]
jNolN TIL there is an object in the asteroid belt named after Moomintroll, the illustrated character created by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson.
4YmR TIL Jean-Paul Sartre hallucinated seeing crabs for most of his life after taking mescaline.
PYw5n TIL that “Golden Girl” Bea Arthur enlisted in the Marines in 1943 where she was one of the first members of the Women’s Reserve and spent time as a typist and a truck driver.