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TIL That the schizophrenia of one man is the root of jazz music, and without it, jazz may never have existed

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pk8 TIL that Apollo 11 carried pieces of the Wright Brothers’ plane to the moon in 1969 - just 66 years after the world’s first powered flight.
VBOek TIL that bleach does not stain clothes, bleach actually removes color itself from clothes. So be careful.
78Pwp TIL “Grady” was a “Sanford & Son spinoff. Used a lot of the same actors. Joe Morton of Scandal played Grady’s son-in-law. Low production value though, including a prominent typo in some of the credits.
bV5E TIL that the eternal flame at Bullhead City, Arizona, only lasted until city officials received a US$961 gas bill. It has been relighted after complaints by veterans groups
N7jd6 TIL “The Andy Griffith Show” was a spin-off of an episode of “Make Room for Daddy”