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TIL the Holodomor Genocide was a man made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine from 1932-1933.

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GYydg TIL in the 1970s on Sesame Street, Herve Villechaize better known as Tattoo from Fantasy Island, performed Oscar the Grouch as a pair of legs peeping out from a trash can for scenes which required the Grouch to be mobile.
mxlgy TIL in 2013 the Pirate Bay faked moving its servers to North Korea. Various news outlets including NBC and ‘Business Insider’ reported the event as factual, without ever updating that it was a hoax.
p8bP4 TIL a 64-year-old manager at a French defense manufacturer was gifted a ride as a passenger in a military jet but he failed to secure himself properly in the cockpit and at one point tried to to hold onto the ejector handle, accidentally activating it and ejecting himself mid-flight.
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GAoy5 TIL, when walking into a bar in England, Jimi Hendrix and his band were told they weren't welcome by a bartender who said "Sorry, mates, we can't serve your sort in here,". Hendrix thought it was because he was black, but it was because they were mistaken for circus clowns.