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TIL that the Burpee is named after a person named Royal Burpee

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ADyba TIL that Clara Blandick, who played Aunt Em in the Wizard of Oz, killed herself by overdosing on sleeping pills and tying a plastic bag around her head. She also left a suicide note saying she could no longer live with the pain or face going blind
VMb9G TIL 'Judy' the dog was on board the HMS Grasshopper, and could hear enemy aircraft coming in. The ship sunk, and she found fresh water for the crew on a desert island and survivied a croc attack and was eventually registered by the Japanese as a prisoner of war.
a8O1Z TIL that Mozart wrote a song for performer Adriana Ferrarese del Bene, who was known for nodding her head down on low notes and raising her head on high notes, that contained many jumps from low to high notes. This caused her head to move in a way that Mozart found amusing.
WkXBA TIL that thalidomide (the drug that causes birth defects like short arms and legs) is still manufactured and is used to treat Hansen's disease (leprosy) in Brazil and India. Babies are still being born deformed to this day.
kJJRB TIL that only 20 years after the Wright Brothers first flight, we had successfully completed the first air to air refueling in June 1923.