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TIL Hello Kitty is actually a British schoolgirl and not just some cat from Japan

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E1Jxw TIL "Happy Birthday Mr. President" - Marilyn Monroe's form-fitting, flesh-colored dress - a sequined stunner she wore to serenade President Kennedy at his birthday at Madison Square Garden in 1962 - sold for a record $1.26 million at an auction in 1999.
LQmx0 TIL Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks turned down the role of "Lone Starr" in the Mel Brooks classic Spaceballs
VMaNB TIL in the early 20th century there were baby alligators in the Boston Public Garden. They were fed live rats and mice by local residents
R7dr4 TIL that in 2018, it cost 2.06 cents to make a penny. This means that the US Mint loses money from every penny they make (in 2018 they lost $90 million). Even more, this means that if you melted down a penny it would be worth more than its face value.
Zpeyp TIL of ray cat, a proposed kind of cat that would be genetically engineered to glow in the presence of nuclear radiation to act as a long-term nuclear warning. This is done by inventing traditions of folklore which spread the idea that people should flee when a cat changes color