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TIL the famous song "Singin' in the Rain" passed into public domain in the U.S. in January of this year.

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kJdmd TIL that the brothers that founded American restaurant chain Friendly's. brothers S. Prestley Blake and Curtis Blake, lived to 106, and 102 respectively. With S Prestley dying in 2021.
pvAe TIL that in 1976 a skirmish broke out between North and South Korea over the trimming of a poplar tree
jNRvn TIL 10% of Americans have never left the state they were born. 40% of Americans have never left the country.