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TIL The Glitter Band, the former backing group of Gary Glitter, fought a lawsuit for the right to use the name. The band won, but two weeks later the Glitter name was ruined when Gary Glitter was revealed as a pedophile

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dWBZ TIL that the mother of Ernest Hemingway (author, soldier, hunter, boxer, drinker, famous manly man) often dressed young Ernest and his older sister in matching pink flowery dresses (and similar outfits) to fulfill her obsessive desire to instead be mother to a pair of twin girls.
74ZL TIL a 195 million year old dinosaur bone was found with soft tissue still preserved in it
1eWV TIL only 7 airlines currently hold a 5-star rating by Skytrax, and all 7 are based in Asia
j6PQM TIL Driving for long periods of time or being stuck in traffic with your foot pressed on the brake pedal of your car can cause "driver's foot" condition
9wJpm TIL of the Samoan branch of the Nazi Party. Support for the Nazi Party was strongest among mixed-race settlers of German descent in the territory. The branch was criticized by the German consul to New Zealand, Walter Hellenthal, over its poor organisation and the racial make-up of its members