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TIL that Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett/Beverly Hillbillies) was a Song and Dance Man in the 1930's

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Lkorr TIL A volcano eruption in Martinique in 1902 eradicated a city of 30.000. Of the 3 survivors, one was a man who ended up in jail after a brawl the night before. His underground solitary cell was the safest building in the city
WkRAo TIL that Women living in Ancient Sparta and Athens had dramatically different experiences.
xVNjo TIL that soldiers during the Vietnan War reported seeing bigfoot like creatures, which they named "Rock Apes".
QJpAa TIL leading up to Pearl Harbor the US lost track of Japanese aircraft carriers, observed the Japanese consulate burning documents, encountered hostile submarines near Hawaii and had reports of a cluster of aircraft 137 miles north of Oahu, yet only realized an attack was under way when bombs dropped
GXM5 TIL that one of the most important images in the history of electronic imaging is a digitized Playboy centerfold, from November 1972.