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TIL that “Stranger Things” star Winona Ryder pushed for Kate Bush’s song “Running Up That Hill” to be featured on the show. Ryder also stated that for seven years, she dropped hints on the show’s set by wearing her Kate Bush t-shirts. Winona’s plan eventually worked.

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KRX4 TIL that when South Park did an episode on Tourettes, the Tourettes Association said they expected it to be offensive. After broadcast, they conceded there was “a surprising amount of accurate information conveyed”, adding that the episode “served as a clever device” for providing accurate facts.
9wkgG TIL: The POWs who met with Jane Fonda in 1972 have confirmed that they never handed her slips, and the one man routinely mentioned never met Jane Fonda. It has been debunked as early as 1975.
ANOoa TIL The wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Grant almost always posed in profile — and she had a personal reason for doing so. She had been born with an eye condition called strabismus, more commonly referred to as "crossed eyes."
1d5D TIL the Golden Hamster’s name in Arabic, where they are originally found, roughly translates to “Mister Saddlebags”
wGZ7 TIL Final Fantasy XI caused Illinois to pass a law requiring that MMO’s let you cancel your subscription online.