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TIL following a 2016 fatal shooting of a man aboard one of their trains, BART admitted 77 percent of train cameras were fake or didn’t work

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rR1Oe TIL the 1968 smash hit, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly, got its name when the lead singer sampled an idea for a new song he wanted to title “In the Garden of Eden” while drunk on a gallon of red wine.
NXpRN TIL Washington’s dentures were made of a mix of human and animal teeth
4XjbX TIL of Ido Kedar, an autistic man whose disorder manifests as inability to speak and impulsive movements. Using computers, he managed to communicate despite beliefs that autists like him lack intelligence to do so. He seeks to combat said misconception through authorship and talks.
9YLWM TIL about The Day The Clown Cried, directed and starring Jerry Lewis about a clown sent to a concentration camp. The ambitious 1972 film was plagued by problems in production and was never finished. Lewis' son donated an incomplete copy to the Library of Congress but won't be shown until 2025.
bV0N TIL the United States unintentionally landed a probe on Venus. One of the four atmosphere probes of the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe mission made it to the surface intact and transmitted information for over an hour.