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TIL There are only two known videos of Jimi Hendrix playing an acoustic guitar

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Br4ry TIL the Netherlands has a government-sponsored YouTube series of young people trying different illegal drugs
l7oNA TIL Future Doctor Who star Jon Pertwee worked in Naval Intelligence during World War II alongside Ian Fleming.
LkXA0 TIL that when casting Oliwia Dabrowska as 'The Girl In the Red Coat' in Schindler's List, Steve Spielberg asked her not to watch the film until she eighteen. She watched it when she turned eleven and was horrified.
GA5e7 TIL After Joan of Arc was executed on charges of heresy, her mother spent 25 years clearing her name. She convinced the pope to reopen Joan's case and attended the retrial despite being in her 70s and in poor health. The retrial ended with Joan's complete acquittal.
oReO7 TIL the first athlete to sign a $1 million endorsement contract was a professional bowler named Don Carter.