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TIL that Gorbachev, the former leader of the Soviet Union, appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial after his resignation.

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VMjMG TIL in 1937, dancer Patricia Douglas was assaulted at an MGM party. She hired a lawyer and tried to sue, even going to the federal court after the state court dismissed her suit. MGM spread lies about her, claiming she was promiscuous and had a venereal disease, and covered up the crime.
ANwdo TIL the Japanese words 青 (ao) and 青い (aoi) can refer to either blue or green depending on the situation.
w8w7 TIL heat is measurably more unpleasant than coldness
yoXX TIL Crispin Glover (Marty’s dad in Back to the Future) had a music career. Also he is insane. Here is is cover of “These Boots are Made for Walking.”
wL5DJ TIL of the Photorevolver, a camera hidden inside a non-functional firearm invented in 1882, which allowed the user to pull the “gun’s” trigger to close the camera’s shutter. Only 14 photorevolvers were built, with only a handful thought to survive today, with prices between $50,000 and $120,000.