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TIL the movie Ghost Dad starring Bill Cosby was directed by Sidney Poitier. Critically panned and called one of the worst movies of all time, Sidney Poitier never directed again.

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Z81XR TIL that banana trees die after bearing fruit. Also, they are technically plants, not actual trees. They take around nine months to grow up and produce banana tree fruit, and then once the bananas have been harvested, the entire plant dies. New shoots will sprout and start again anew.
loJPG TIL that the lead singer of the punk rock band The Offspring, Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland, is also a molecular biologist and he is a licensed pilot. He also has his own brand of hot sauce named Gringo Bandito.
aOeZ TIL the Shakers, a religious sect that once numbered over six thousand, died off because one of their central tenants is celibacy.
yQDRM TIL that it was USA who fired the first shots in the Pacific War
aw6eA TIL in the 1940s, AT&T sued Harry Tuttle for inventing the Hush-A-Phone—a device that silenced phones from eavesdroppers. AT&T argued the “device hadn’t been installed by their company” and the FCC voted in AT&T’s favor, but Tuttle continued to fight the case in open court and eventually won.