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TIL: After being featured in Madonna's video for "Papa Don't Preach" actor Danny Aiello made his own video titled "Papa Just Wants the Best for You" in response.

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loKlG TIL during World War 1 the Ottoman Empire rounded up and slaughtered over 1,500,000 Armenians living in their empire. This event was the basis for the creation of the word "Genocide".
GeE7 TIL there’s a brand of eye shadow named “Nic Cage Raking Leaves On A Brisk October Afternoon”.
neJB9 TIL in January 1968 a US bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed into an ice sheet in Greenland. Only three of the bombs were found, one still remains missing.
WnK8 TIL Woodie Guthrie’ copywrite claim to “This Land is Your Land” was for 28 years and stated “anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern.” Today multiple organizations claim copyright for the song.
R7Kka TIL the California Highway Patrol are not known as CHiPs.