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TIL Shel Silverstein wrote for Playboy, and published books of adult "erotica," in his unique style. I discovered this from a random purchase in a used book store, picking up "Different Dances." Album pics in the comments.

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rRg0e TIL The Hindenburg, filled with 7 million cubic feet flammable Hydrogen gas, had a smokers' lounge
8eerP TIL in 1983, NFL Chiefs running back Joe Delaney sacrificed his life in an attempt to save three children from drowning. His number is unofficially retired by the team and a statue was put up in his hometown.
8aedP TIL of Tama (たま, April 29, 1999 – June 22, 2015), a female calico cat who gained fame for being a station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
lpZG TIL that due to name confusion, staff at Slovakia and Slovenia meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail
Y7JWd TIL that cats were mummified along with their owners in Ancient Egypt