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TIL the Dead Kennedy’s started to attract an unwanted group neo-nazi punk fans in the late 70s. They released the single “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” as a response to white-power skinheads attending their shows.

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eMnJ TIL in 1993 a student at UPenn was charged with violating the university’s racial harassment policy after calling a black woman a “water buffalo”. The university claimed it was racist: “a water buffalo is a dark primitive animal that lives in Africa.” Water Buffaloes come from Asia.
BrALK TIL Disney paid Paramount at least $115M in 2010 to buy the distribution rights of Marvel’s “The Avengers”. As part of the deal, it was Paramount that was shown in the movie’s opening title despite NOT being the one who owned, financed, marketed & distributed the film. It later grossed over $1.5B.
kJ0Vd TIL the Normandy beach names of Utah & Omaha were selected at random, when a general asked two NCOs where they were from. The British & Canadian names were abbreviations for certain fish: goldfish, swordfish & jellyfish. Jelly was changed to Juno in honour of the wife of one of the officers
wL0lo TIL of Botswana’s vibrant metalhead scene, where heavy metal is combined with traditional African musical styles to create a unique type of music.
16odX TIL that the Magyarab people are a community living in Nubia, along the Nile in Sudan and Egypt, that have distant Hungarian ancestors who intermarried with locals in the 16th century.