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TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

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9YjL7 TIL that the 18-year losing streak of Japanese baseball team Hanshin Tigers is tied to a popular curse that involved a Colonel Sanders statue. The statue, taken from a local KFC restaurant, was thrown into a canal by fans during their team's 1st and only championship run in the annual Japan Series.
oB5NY TIL that the US didn't need to atom bomb Japan to end the WWII, but it did so anyway. Absolute unit of a flex IMO.
gnJ7 TIL a 15lb 14oz baby was offered a football scholarship to LSU in anticipation of his future size. He went on to be drafted in the NFL.
GARRj TIL that some bird species are toxic, even to the touch. There are no known venomous birds, though
Wko5Y TIL John Richard Deacon, bass guitarist of Queen, was the only member never to sing on their records. In Bohemian rhapsody's musical video, he was just pretending to