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TIL Rebecca Black of ‘Friday’ fame had to drop out of school due to bullying.

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oG4L TIL that in the novel, Forrest Gump goes to space on a NASA mission. It crash lands on an island where he’s stuck for years. These scenes weren’t in the movie, but Tom Hanks did go on to star in Apollo 13 and Castaway.
v1oEK TIL that during the 1962 missile crisis, the all-out nuclear war was prevented by a single man: Vasily Arkhipov
J8rk TIL that the disc for Playstation game Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘99 contained a copy of the short film “The Spirit of Christmas” that spawned the South Park series, but was unauthorized to do so and was recalled as a result.
QNWpM TIL that in spite of a public funeral attended by thousands, blues singer Bessie Smith’s grave was unmarked until 1970 because her husband refused to buy a headstone and pocketed the money when her friends attempted to purchase one on her behalf.
LkpdQ TIL that the Onion sold for more than the Washington Post