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TIL that Gayla Peevey (the ten year old who became famous from singing "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"), was actually given a hippopotamus for Christmas, which she donated to the local zoo.

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nAWG TIL Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson became the only “space ace” when he shot down a satellite orbiting at 345 miles while piloting an F-15 on Sept. 13, 1985.
8e8oX TIL that the first airline started in 1914, with scheduled service between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. The flight took 23 minutes at a cruising altitude of 5 feet.
N0NN TIL Al Capone is credited with getting expiration dates on milk
4koOa TIL there was a deadlier martime disaster than the Titanic: the Sultana. Carrying 6 times the passengers than it was alotted, the Sultana sank on the Mississippi river killing over 1,100 Union Soldiers. The tragedy did not receive much attention as it was days after the assassination of Lincoln.
KQJa TIL the original Godzilla roar was created by running a resin coated leather glove down the string of a double bass and then playing it back at a slower speed.