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TIL about the show "I Want to Marry Harry" where the contestants were brainwashed into believing that the guy they were dating on the show was Prince Harry. They even sent the contestants a fake "therapist" to convince them he was real.

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yVPwp TIL that the Four Season's hit, ""December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", was originally set in 1933 with the title "December 5th, 1933," and celebrated the repeal of Prohibition. The lyrics were changed at the behest of Franki Valli to reset the song as a remembrance of a man's first affair w a woman.
Zad4 TIL the phrase “balls out” has nothing to do with testicles, but rather with early steam engine components.
ANJdn TIL that pro wrestling referee Aubrey Edwards is a video game developer who has worked on the Scribblenauts series from programmer to lead producer.
xVd0B TIL about Guangxi Massacre occurring between 1966 and 1976 in China. Massive human cannibalism occurred even though no famine existed. Public records indicate that at least 137 people were eaten by others and at least thousands of people participated in the cannibalism.
6E6JJ TIL that it is possible for a uranium deposit to spontaneously undergo nuclear fission, thus acting as a "natural" nuclear reactor capable of generating up to 100 kilowatts.