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TIL South Korea occasionally blasts KPOP music at North Korea

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k9Lg TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. (…) you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it.”
VB64m TIL George Lucas is married to Mellody Hobson. Of her many accolades she was chairman of Starbucks from 2021-2024, chairman of DreamWorks animation from 2004-2016, and one of the current owners of the Denver Broncos. She is African American, 25 years his junior, and they have been married since 2013
N785M TIL: Rosemary Kennedy (younger sister of John and Robert) was lobotomised at 23 to deal with mood swings and erratic behaviour. Her mother was informed of this decision after the procedure had taken place.
8a78G TIL the 1928 adaptation of "Noah's Ark" had a flood scene that killed 3 actors. The original cut of the film, which included footage of the 3 actors drowning in the flood, is lost. Also, a young John Wayne can be seen struggling to stay above the water in the scene (it was one of his first roles.)
awyx9 TIL the role of U.S. First Lady does not need to go to the president's wife Prior First Ladies include nieces and daughters-in-law of the sitting president.