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TIL the name "Derek Zoolander" was inspired by two Calvin Klein models at the time: Mark Vanderloo & Johnny Zander

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j55M TIL South Koreans have been protesting in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul every Wednesday since January 8, 1992, demanding justice for comfort women in WW2 called Wednesday Demonstration
JB84 TIL that at the end of WWII, the Canadian Navy was the 3rd largest Navy in the world
looj7 TIL that a plane crashed in 1972, killing 101 people, because the crew was distracted by a single burnt out lightbulb
0xpy TIL the sole difference between a honey bee worker and a queen bee is in nourishment during the maturation process. Queen bees get feed royal jelly their entire life while worker bees only get royal jelly the first two days of their larval stage.
R7ND8 TIL nuclear tests carried out roughly every 3 weeks through the '50s at the proving grounds just 65 miles out of Vegas were celebrated & touted as a tourist attraction by city authorities. The mushroom clouds from detonations were visible from the city.