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TIL that the first TV show to be recorded in color was the "Betty Feezor Show" in 1958. Betty's home craft and cooking show was on CBS affiliate WBTV in Charlotte from 1953 to 1977.

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VWMG TIL As a result of where fighting began in 1914 and ended in 1918 on the Western Front (Mons, Belgium), the first and last soldiers of the British Empire to be killed in the First World War are buried in the same cemetery.
6PMm TIL on July 30, 1971, the worst air disaster to that date occurred when a Fighter Pilot Trainee collided with a Boeing passenger jet over Japan. All 162 people aboard the jet died, but the fighter pilot ejected before impact and walked away unscathed.
Qpg9 TIL A cat named Toldo has been visiting the cemetery and leaving gifts of affection on the grave of his deceased owner for over a year.
8bjP TIL Hipsters in NY are paying $1,000+ to go to preschool where they engage in activities like show and tell, dress up, and nap time.
wWj8 TIL if you’re being violent or drunk in Japan the police will get a large futon and roll you into a little burrito.