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TIL The band Creedence Clearwater Revival were all from San Francisco and had never even visited Louisiana or the Bayou. Their accents were simply exaggerated for effect.

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neZ7W TIL baseball has a “golden ticket” that gives free admission to any game. It’s given to players after 8 years in the major leagues, people who have worked for a team for 25 years, and other VIPs. NASA astronauts, returning Vietnam POWs, and the the 1979 hostages in Iran were all given one.
W7LZL TIL Pom-pom hats are not only cute addition to a hat, but were useful to French sailors. When the waters got rough, the pom-poms on their hats kept them from hitting their heads on the low roofs of the boats.
JY7gm TIL that the children's book "Horton Hears a Who!" by Dr. Seuss is an allegory for the American occupation of Japan following the Second World War
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