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TIL the original lyrics to "This Land Is Your Land" contained the words "There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said 'Private Property.' But on the backside, it didn't say nothing. This Land was made for you and me" were not released due to McCarthyism.

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J1BdQ TIL that an F-117 Nighthawk crashed in Sequoia National Forest in 1986, two years before the plane was publicly announced. The US Air Force established a permitter around the crash site and secretly replaced the wreckage with a wrecked F-101A that had been stored in Area 51 for this purpose.
e0BXg TIL 3 men escaped from Alcatraz by digging holes in their cells using spoons, accessing an unguarded utility corridor. They climbed onto the roof, down a 50' drainpipe and over two 12' security fences before inflating a makeshift raft and swimming across the Bay. Their bodies have never been found.
W7kXo TIL that Baseball Hall-of-Famer Andre Dawson went unsigned in the 86-87 offseason due to collusion. So, he showed up to Cubs Spring Training with a blank contract and let the team fill-in whatever terms they wanted. Dawson would go on to win the National League Most Valuable Player award that year.
nelao TIL Test audiences hated 'Dirty Dancing' and the producer was so disappointed in the final product he said "Burn the negative, and collect the insurance." Expected to be a box office bomb, instead was a smash hit,was the #1 video rental of '88, and was first film to sell a million copies on video.
Lmjr TIL On May 25th, 2015 a man discovered an orphaned baby moose in Yellowstone National Park in Montana. When he reported the calf to local authorities they shot the baby and blew up the carcasses of it, it’s dead mother and sibling to prevent grizzly bears from being drawn to the area.