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TIL - one of the top songs in 1972/3 was by Loudon Wainwright III, son of a WW2 correspondent, called “Dead Skunk” (in the middle of the road)

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dV7B TIL- that there is no archaeological evidence whatsoever that suggests Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt.
OJpX TIL Grand Theft Auto was originally a racing game called Race'n'Chase, however a glitch made the police cars go crazy, ramming the player. This glitch was so popular with testers that they rebuilt the game around it, creating GTA.
4Xjm5 TIL in 1972 Ed Catmull and Fred Park creates the first 3D Animation of a hand and a face. The technics they devolped are the foundation of our modern movies, effects and gaming graphics. This animation was first used in the movie "Futurworld" from 1976.
QJBDL TIL romance novelist Danielle Steel wrote one science fiction novel, which was still a romance but with a clone
epyk5 TIL: The Jamaica Railway, constructed in 1845 by the British, and was the first line opened to traffic outside Europe and North America. It was the first constructed in the British colonies.