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TIL the Reverend Wilbert Awdry invented some stories about trains as a way of entertaining his son who had measles, one of the trains was called Thomas the Tank Engine

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ra5e TIL that a German U-boat sunk in 1945 was raised in 1957 and returned to service.
1pEP TIL the the “pink ribbon” associated with Susan G. Komen etc. was ripped off from a “peach ribbon”, created by grassroots breast cancer activist Charlotte Haley. She refused to let her design be commercialized by Self Magazine—who consulted their lawyers and were told to “just change the color”
vGAx TIL breast ironing is a thing they do - in Cameroon. Mothers who do it believe it decreases the likelihood of their daughters being raped.
69R58 TIL that the 1947 version of the Christmas film ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ was released in late Spring because the studio head argued that more people went to the movies in warmer weather, so the film was promoted without any references to Santa or Christmas.
6ybW TIL that James Earl Jones declined to have his name appear on the credits of both Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), claiming that he felt his contribution wasn’t significant enough to warrant a credit.