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TIL Olivia Newton-John was the granddaughter of Nobel award winning physicist Max Born, one of the fathers of quantum mechanics.

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E5mP TIL that in 2012, an thief stole a Dali off the wall of a gallery in broad daylight but, finding no way to sell it, mailed it back. A year later, police caught him. He stole some juice from a supermarket, was fingerprinted, and the prints matched those on the returned Dali.
LQ0r0 TIL about “Old Sparky”. Tennessee’s electric chair is over 100 years old and is reportedly made from the wood of the former gallows
5Y5RP TIL Charlie Brown repeats the line “I got a rock” in the 1966 special “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”. This caused an overwhelming viewer response leading to bags and boxes of candy being sent to creator Charles Schulz “just for Charlie Brown.”
kXog TIL the term “American Cheese” does not apply to an actual kind of cheese (e.g. Cheddar, Swiss, etc.) but rather processed cheese containing two or more varieties of cheese
XE8Pr TIL in 1860 a group of 76 Samurai went on a diplomatic tour of the United States. They were the toast of New York.