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TIL That Jackie Chan did the voice acting and singing for the Chinese dub of “Beauty and the Beast” (1991).

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gn7W TIL in WW2 the Finnish bombers joined the formations of returning Russian planes and bombed the landing and landed planes.
wA6Y TIL Eisenhower may have played semi-professional baseball under the assumed name ‘Wilson’ and then lied about it so he would be eligible to play college football at West Point. If he had been caught he may have never graduated, achieved a military career, or become President.
a8OOJ TIL Otis Blackwell wrote Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up & Return to Sender but never met Elvis
aVGb TIL the word “slut” was originally used in the 12th through the 15th century to describe a woman who didn’t keep her room clean.
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.