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TIL NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann was the inspiration for Troy Bolton and High School Musical

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E1V8x TIL J.D. Thompson published a 90 minute documentary on Joe Exotic of G.W. Zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma in 2018. It's available for free on YouTube.
8M1X TIL that in 1990, New Zealand became the first country in the modern world to appoint an Official Wizard
RrWQ TIL That the CIA was in contact with generals planning to assassinate the South Vietnam president on Nov. 2, 1963. Kennedy “rushed from the room with a look of shock and dismay on his face.” He had not approved Diệm’s murder. Kennedy was assassinated 20 days later.
ZpRJY TIL that the release of A Goofy Movie had to be delayed from Thanksgiving 1994 to April 1995 due to the monitor that they were using to capture the film's animation having a single dead pixel, forcing them to recapture three-quarters of the film again with a non-defective monitor.
9ZGG TIL Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travelers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.