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TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous demanded alcohol during the last few days of his life.

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lo4MN TIL of Francisca Rojas, the first criminal to be caught using fingerprints as evidence
kWad TIL That the original voice actor for Betty Boop and Olive Oyl (Margie Hines), died only 4 years ago at the age 101 years old. She also married the man who provided the voice of Popeye, so Olive Oyl and Popeye did eventually live together!
5VP8D TIL before commercial air travel was invented, the term "air line" referred to railways that travelled on relatively direct, straight routes that were advertised as being faster than other rail lines
6EDQ TIL that an 11-year-old Jerry O'Connell accidentally ate pot cookies from a Renaissance Fair during filming for Stand By Me. The crew found him two hours later, high and crying.
OoajY TIL that NASA beamed the song “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” to Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts during the first joint U.S.–Soviet space flight in 1975 (The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project)