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TIL Queen performed in apartheid South Africa in 1984, despite fan backlash and the United Nations’ cultural boycott of the country. They were fined by the British Musicians Union and blacklisted by the UN as a result.

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89wL TIL that the U.S. has committed “war crimes” with drone warfare with “Double Tap Strikes”, which directly target rescuers after an initial strike.
pOvN TIL that the Bananas we eat today are all clones of one another and they might go extinct because there’s no genetic diversity.
YXE7 TIL Martha Stewart once dated Anthony Hopkins, but broke it off because she couldn’t get it out of her head that he was Hannibal Lector. Verified by her in a NPR: Wait Wait interview
RGja TIL Tony Hawk was tested to have an I.Q. of 144 during school.
5YAR8 TIL the first case of artificial insemination by donor occurred in 1884 when a doctor took sperm from his "best looking" student to inseminate an anesthetized woman. The woman's infertile husband approved of the procedure, but the woman wasn't told what was happening.