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TIL Shirley Temple appeared in blackface in "Littlest Rebel"
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TIL 'Evaporated Cane Juice' commonly found listed on some organic food labels is really just sugar in disguise.
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TIL about a blind Bulgarian mystic called Baba Vanga who passed away in 1996 but who left behind predictions for every year until 5079, at which point she believed the universe would cease to exist.
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TIL of the LeMat 9-shot revolver produced between 1856 and 1865 which can also shoot a central buckshot cartridge by flipping a lever connected to the firing hammer. A version of this weapon can be seen sported by Ed Harris’ character in the new HBO Westworld series.
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TIL that when the Japanese emperor announced Japan's surrender in WW2, his speech was too formal and vague for the general populace to understand. Many listeners were left confused and it took some people hours, some days, to understand that Japan had, in fact, surrendered.
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TIL NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used to run a female beauty pageant, the winner of which was crowned ‘Miss Guided Missile’