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TIL National Museum of American History considers "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" important parts of American culture, and has related props in collection

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LkM6Q TIL that former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff Baxter is also a missile defense consultant for the United States government
WALB TIL that ‘art’ used to be an Olympic sport. Artists were award gold, silver and bronze medals for architecture, painting, sculpture, music and literature across multiple Summer Olympics in the early 20th Century. The 'arts’ were dropped from the Games because they drew too many professional artists.
69QeY TIL that that one song associated with clowns was called "Entry Of The Gladiators", and was intended to be a marching song.
le8G TIL they tried to save a B-29 Bomber from WWII that was abandoned in the arctic only to have it burn down during takeoff
WjL4 TIL: Robert Cornelius is credited with taking the first selfie in 1839, it is also the first known photographic portrait of a human in world history.