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TIL Ariana Grande got a kanji tattoo that actuallly says 'BBQ Grill'

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N7lNJ TIL Karen was the most popular name for girls in California in the early 1960s
16a8V TIL in 1969, top composer Louis Andriessen and others disrupted a Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra concert with nutcrackers and bicycle horns, giving leaflets about the lack of Dutch new music in the orchestra's programming. They did a week in jail but sparked some Dutch music scene change.
BgpL TIL that a species of bird known as the Shrike impales all of its prey so that it can return and feed whenever it wants.
WPld TIL in WW2 Japan unwittingly created one of the best fighter aircraft of the war. When the inline engines intended for the Ki-61 were destroyed in a bombing raid, engineers shoehorned in a radial engine instead. The resulting amalgamation was the venerable Ki-100.
dDYpZ TIL that in the first Super Mario Bros, Mario was originally going to ride a rocket and carry guns.