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TIL There were 5 kings of Hawaii called Kamehameha

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rRpbw TIL: "The Champ" is a jigsaw puzzle that has 44 pieces that can be assembled 32 different ways with only one of them being correct.
bjEN TIL Disney animators supposedly slipped a single frame of a naked woman into a film to see if Walt could catch it. There are many variations, but one states that Walt continued watching, and when it finished, asked, “Whose idea was it to add the naked woman?” and fired all those responsible.
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16k5W TIL there is a cult on the island of Vanuatu that worships “John Frum”, an unidentified WWII US airman who brought food and other cargo to the island, introducing himself as “John from America”