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TIL BB King was a licensed pilot and flew to his own gigs up until age 70.

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D1LdY TIL when the British electronics retailer Dixons introduced the Matsui brand, they drew protests due to the brand having the same name as Iwane Matsui, the Japanese general responsible for the Nanking Massacre.
W7JeN TIL that the 2022 sequel to “A Christmas Story,” titled “A Christmas Story Christmas,” was filmed almost entirely in Bulgaria, due to its snow, and the cost-effectiveness. The film crew even constructed exact replicas of the Parker family house and their neighborhood from the original 1983 film.
KAR6 TIL that, initially, the Roswell UFO incident was almost immediately dismissed and forgotten until The National Enquirer ran a story on it in 1980.
VBwvG TIL Redfoo’s solo album, "Party Rock Mansion" sold only 144 copies on its debut in Australia.
xpmB TIL a polio victim was kept alive in a metal tube for nearly 60 years only to die when a power outage shut her iron lung down.