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TIL Alexander Pushkin, known as the father of Russian literature, was the great-grandson of an Ethiopian prince.

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Oo7e6 TIL Corey Hart (singer of "Sunglasses at Night") was briefly considered for the role of Marty McFly in the 1985 film Back to the Future. A flattered Hart declined, & the role eventually went to fellow Canadian Michael J. Fox instead.
kJraB TIL it is a federal crime, punishable by up to $100,000 and a year in prison, for most people in the U.S. to possess any part of a bald or golden eagle, even just a shed feather found on the ground.
OGnJL TIL four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been stolen. James Stewart and Kirk Douglas had their stars stolen but were recovered, and Gregory Peck and one of Gene Autry’s five stars were stolen but were never recovered. Each star weighs about 300 lbs.
VMo6G TIL of the "Blue Java" banana, a hardy, cold-tolerant banana said to have a consistency like ice cream and a flavor similar to vanilla.
W7g4o TIL the first steam engine, known as the 'Aeolipile,' was invented in the 1st century AD by the Hero of Alexandria, a Greek-Egyptian mathematician and engineer, in Alexandria, Egypt