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TIL Rod Serling originally wrote an episode about Emmett Till but it was rejected and so he turned to science fiction, instead, to talk about social issues, creating The Twilight Zone.

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mx0YM TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"
16oZX TIL that Jodie Foster's brother wrote a tell-all book in 1997 in which he outed their mother and also implied Jodie was gay (she came out decades later in 2013)
R7EB4 TIL Rick Springfield, the singer behind the 80's rock hit, 'Jessie's Girl', has one of the largest collections of Star Wars toys in the world, with an estimated value of more than $500,000
neyXo TIL that Series 2 of the British sitcom Dad's Army has three episodes and two Christmas specials missing. This was because the BBC wiped them and reused the video tape to save money and storage.
NX0Nb TIL Urban Meyer was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the '82 draft. He would hit .182 across two minor league seasons before moving on from the sport.