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TIL Congressman/Civil Rights Hero John Lewis appeared on “Arthur” on PBS. Rest in Power

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yVk5J TIL Helen Keller is credited with having introduced the Akita, a Japanese dog breed, to the United States
R50Pl TIL Nearly three-quarters of Pennsylvania residential telephone service in 1943 was party line, with users encouraged to limit calls to five minutes (as neigjbors / other subscribers could listen to your calls).
K4JB TIL That OJ Simpson is up for parole this year after serving 9 years in prison.
8aG9G TIL In 1975 a 17 year old boy was killed while riding his moped. He was killed exactly a year after his 17 year old brother was killed while riding the same moped, in the same intersection, by the same taxi, with the same driver, carrying the same passenger
GLm7 TIL Before Darrell Dimebag Abbott was murdered on stage, Eddie Van Halen had agreed to make him a copy of his original 1979 Bumblebee guitar but never got around to it. Upon hearing of his tragic death, Eddie placed his actual Bumblebee guitar inside his casket.