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TIL that when the presidential limousine (AKA "Death Car") was refurbished after the JFK assassination, all the discarded parts were destroyed to prevent collectors from obtaining them

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V1nB TIL Sesame Street episode 847 featured Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. It scared children so badly that the episode has never been re-aired.
DQ0jr TIL about William Hoy, the most accomplished deaf player in MLB history. He couldn’t hear the umpire’s ball & strike calls, & the stadium had no scoreboard for him to follow the count. So, the third-base coach signaled to him by raising his left index finger for a ball, the right for a strike.
awMky TIL in 2010, a plane crashed shortly before landing due to a smuggled crocodile escaping a passengers duffel bag. This sent all the scared passengers running to the front of the plane which threw the plane out of balance.
ReJa TIL Orville Redenbacher and partner Charlie Bowman paid $13,000 to an advertising agency that ultimately advised them to use “Orville Redenbacher” as the brand name for their popcorn hybrid.
7dPr TIL that technically a diamond will not last forever; given enough time, a diamond will decay into graphite