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TIL A woman who legally added ‘Skywalker’ as a middle name had her passport rejected because of trademark infringement

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R7yJw TIL 'The Junkies' are the only radio program in the entire USA to take over for Howard Stern when he left for satellite radio to still be on the air in his same morning time slot to this day.
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