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TIL Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo had a brief affair

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D1RQg TIL Johnny Otis, a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll, lived his professional and personal life as a Black man despite the fact he was ethnically Greek. He wrote, "As a kid I decided that if our society dictated that one had to be black or white, I would be black."
4XBJ6 TIL Will Friedle - Eric on Boy Meets World - suffers an anxiety disorder that forced him to stop acting on-screen. Despite this his career continued via voice acting (starring in Batman Beyond and Kim Possible) and in 2015 felt comfortable enough to return to live-action for Girl Meets World
9wNQM TIL In 2000, Enron and Blockbuster signed a "20-year exclusive deal" to provide movie on-demand services. They ended their partnership 8 months later.
Wb9N TIL that the “Burning of Atlanta” scene in “Gone with the Wind” was shot with full-size burning facades and all of the only seven Technicolor cameras in existence at the time.
OoWZe TIL that many clock faces that use Roman numerals show "4" as IIII instead of IV.