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TIL Inmate Merle Haggard was in the audience when Johnny Cash played San Quentin State Prison

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b70Z TIL British censors banned under-18s from viewing the film Alien because it presented “a perverse view of the reproductive function”.
vPEAD Today I learned about the Oh-My-God particle: an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected on 15 October 1991. As of 2023 it is the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed and the time of its detection it was traveling at 0.9999999999999999999999951 times the speed of light.
9YOEr TIL of Mother Featherlegs, a prostitute from Wyoming named so for her frilly lace underwear. She was murdered by her partner "Dangerous Dick" Davis in 1879. There is a monument to her near Lusk, WY - called the the only monument in the United States to a prostitute.
Z8Wla TIL a popular YouTube car series built a replica Mustang from the movie, “Gone in 60 Seconds” but Disney owns the visual rights and nickname to the car and seized it from the builder
oRr0R TIL The Muppet Show was filmed entirely in England because US networks rejected it.