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TIL that Grandma Walton (actress Ellen Corby) taught Transcendental Meditation and that she was instructed in the art by Beatles friend Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

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XEKvQ TIL "The Theme from New York, New York" was not nominated for an Academy Award. The winner was "You Light Up My Life". Also nominated was "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me. Originally performed by Liza Minnelli, it didn't become famous until Frank Sinatra covered it 3 years later.
4XnDo TIL that Nazi commander Walter Rauff escaped justice for the deaths of nearly 100,000 people during WWII. He was instrumental in the implementation of the Nazis' genocide by mobile gas chamber. He died in 1984 from a heart attack as a free man in Chile. His MI5 file said he never showed any remorse.
wjoJ TIL That Elevators contain mirrors in order to make the elevator seem larger to help people who are claustrophobic.
9wvLr TIL that Jim Morrison loved reading so much, that he once excused himself from class, telling his teacher he needed to get a "brain tumour" removed, and instead spent the rest of the day reading. When Jim was offered a graduation gift from his parents, he chose the complete works of Nietzsche.
epKyg TIL that, in the 1930's, the only commercial airport serving New York City was in New Jersey. To protest this, NYC Mayor LaGuardia once refused to deplane in NJ because his ticket said "New York City," so they flew him to NYC.