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TIL that LED light bulbs don’t burn out; they just dim over time

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m14vo TIL that the Beatles toured North America in 1964, playing 32 shows at 26 different venues in just 33 days. During the tour they made about $1 Million, which would be about $7.5 Million today.
xbN1 TIL that John Cazale (Fredo Corleone from “The Godfather”) appeared in only five films during his lifetime. All five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Three of them won.
mxeAv TIL The mystery of what happened to the Roanoke settlement ("The Lost Colony") has been solved conclusively. They moved to Croatoan island and merged with the local population.
6EyE7 TIL one 1990 episode of Quantum Leap managed to predict some of the events of the 1996 Super Bowl. Not only did the screenwriter correctly predict that the Pittsburgh Steelers would be playing, the Steelers also ended up trailing by 3 at some points of the game, just like in the show.
oBN8R TIL in Helena Montana, a woman cannot dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she is wearing at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing.