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TIL Marion stokes recorded tv news programs for over 35 years. With over 71,716 tapes filled with footage, she built the world’s largest independent archive.

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8aWE4 TIL of Koča Popović, a Yugoslav politician and Spanish Civil War veteran who is referred to as "The man who saved the Partisans" because of his breakthrough plans during Operation Southeast Croatia and at the Battle of Sutjeska both of which could have led to the annihilation of the resistance.
R5b01 TIL the PF in PF Chang's is for Paul Fleming, a restaurant entrepreneur from Louisiana.
ADPed TIL in "Goodfellas", Robert DeNiro learned details about the real Jimmy Burke. He found that Jimmy loved ketchup, and how he poured it-because dispensing ketchup out of a glass bottle was a common problem then. The "spin" technique is what he used in the film, the way the real Jimmy did.
5YK0r Today I learned that the flying way of a paper plane can be adjusted bending its wings. If the plane suddenly flies downward then bend the wings upward, and if the plane suddenly flies upward curve its wings downward.
b6y1j TIL Despite his short life, 35 years, Mozart was able to influence the classical music scene with more than 800 works.representing every western classical genre of his time.