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TIL that the game Snooker was invented by a British Army officer in India called Neville Chamberlain (Not the former Prime Minister). The name "Snooker" came from and was used as a derogatory term for first year, inexperiended soldiers
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TIL: Laurence Tureaud chose the professional moniker Mr. T because he was fed up with white people calling his father, uncle, and brother "boy" after they returned from Vietnam. When people spoke to him, he wanted "Mister" to be the first word they spoke.
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TIL: "The Flintstones" were originally "The Flagstones" in their 1960 pilot film. The name was changed because the family in the "Hi & Lois" comic strip was also named Flagstone.
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TIL that the moon has moonquakes that are caused by gravitational pull from both the Earth and the Sun.
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TIL Mick Jagger had children with 5 different women. In total he has 8 children, 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
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TIL the small cup with rice cookers measures to 1-gō, the traditional amount used for a serving of rice and a cup of sake in Japanese cuisine.
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TIL The song "My Mammy" famously sung by Al Jolson in the first talkie film "The Jazz Singer"in 1927, was first sung in 1918 as a vaudeville act by William Frawley, who later became a star in the TV show "I Love Lucy".
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