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TIL potato chips cause more weight gain than any other food

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KOYXa TIL Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins owns the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
MevOB TIL Family Guy creators used a 7 year old Youtube clip without asking uploaders permission, used it in an episode, then promptly claimed ownership and got the original taken down from Youtube.
4XjRR TIL that the Nazis also had a special Concentration Camp for "difficult" girls between 16 and 21. Many of them were classified as criminals only because they had premarital sex or were lesbians. From 1942 until 1945 more than 1200 girls were kept there and many of them did not survive.
XvvR TIL that in 2010 George Lucas said “I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race.“ Two years later, Lucas sold Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney for 4.05 billion dollars and donated the proceeds to a charity that focuses on education.
jGbj TIL that on veteran BBC reporter John Simpson’s first day on the job, he was punched in the stomach by Prime Minister Harold Wilson.