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TIL When Curly (Jerry Howard) auditioned for the Three Stooges, he had long ginger hair and a handle bar mustache. He shaved his head to get the part.

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mxJ6R TIL in 1942 the BBC issued an appeal for postcards and photographs of the coast of Europe from Norway to the Pyrenees. It was actually an intelligence gathering exercise, they were sent to the War Office to help determine a suitable location (Normandy) for the eventual D-Day landings of 1944.
oR5g7 TIL: In 1959 there Was a Nuclear Meltdown in Santa Susana, California, Studies Report Elevated Cancer Rates, Cleanup Efforts Have Failed, and Residents Are Still Fighting for Remediation
LkLYv TIL a 2004 study found out that only about 1 in 25,000 Singaporeans aged 15-64 had used cannabis in the previous year.
KXoJ TIL the sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind have ever used within human existance.
DQYYD TIL, why my sunburns sting so bad. Some soothing gels for sunburns have lidocaine in it to help ease the pain of a burn. However, I am one if the rare few who is allergic to this. So don't be like me and learn the hardway that you can be allergic to lidocaine. Posting to hopefully save some pain.