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TIL that musician Joni Mitchell has been dressing up in blackface since 1976

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md1O TIL it is a common misconception that for every one second there is between the flash and the thunder of a Lightning equals to the lightning being one kilometer away. In fact it is about 3 seconds for each kilometer.
78r9x TIL the novel "Dr. Awkward & Olson in Oslo" by Lawrence Levine is a 31,954 word long palindrome.
Nm5N TIL that the earliest surviving depiction of Jesus portrays him as a donkey on a cross.
nWDQW TIL that the original Street Fighter (1987) arcade cabinet had analog rubber pads as inputs for punch and kick; the strength with which the players punched them would determine the strength and speed of their attacks.
GAV11 TIL: That Idaho has a seaport and it is considered the farthest inland port east of the West Coast.