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TIL Andre The Giant was named Andre Rene Rousimoff.

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XEAX6 TIL about Gladys West, a black woman who was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame earlier this month for creating a precise mathematical model of the Earth in the 1980's that would be critical for the development of GPS technology.
LkmpQ TIL: there was a "Penthouse Club" located at the original Walt Disney Studios that was for the studio's top talent as a reward for their hard work and loyalty. On one of the walls hung a mural featuring many topless women that was drawn in house.
Wkk9 TIL that when Bruce Willis was a kid he developed a stutter. He discovered that this disability vanished when performing on stage, which led to him having the acting career he has today.
VM4jp TIL The 1933 worlds fair began by focusing the light from only the 37 light year distant star Arcturus onto photoelectric cells using telescopes. The resulting current switched on the floodlights at the exposition grounds.
mxOQM TIL When Michael Jackson was angry at one of the producers on a project because he was treating everyone terribly, rather than create a scene or fire the guy, Michael called him to his office and one of the security guards threw a pie in his face.