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TIL that David Bowie wrote 'Life on Mars' because he was pissed at Frank Sinatra and the success of 'My Way'

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xV9Eo TIL the only ruling monarch in the world who speaks Czech fluently is the King of Cambodia
Y7yL7 TIL about Ryan White, a 13-year-old boy, got AIDS from a blood donor in 1984, 117 parents signed a petition to ban him from returning to school. An auction was held to keep him out, a newspaper supporting him got death threats, and his family left town when a gun was fired through their window.
oRpeL TIL that Filet-O-Fish was created after a McDonald’s franchise owner complained about falling sales during the season of Lent
MepRa TIL about the Odagiri effect. A media phenomenon in which a work attracts a larger than expected audience of women because it features attractive male characters or actors. It's named after Japanese actor/singer Joe Odagiri who starred in the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kuuga.
E9WP TIL The man who was allegedly assaulted in a McDonald’s for wearing a cybernetic eye (Steve Mann) was also assaulted in 2004, and the attack also damaged the memory buffer of his device and stored images of the attacker.