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TIL that Ayn Rand enrolled in Medicare and Social Security

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5Pep TIL Eastern Airlines closed so suddenly in 1991 that thousands of passengers and crew were left stranded across the country as their connecting flights, or return flights, were suddenly cancelled.
PjAL TIL that in 1965 a dolphin and his trainer entered into a sexual relationship, which after being forcibly ended caused the dolphin to commit suicide.
VBdLk TIL That Wessel van Diepen started the band LA Style, famous for the 91' hit "James Brown is Dead", went on to create the band Vengaboys and the hit "We Like to Party"
NKm8 TIL Lionel Richie grew up in racially segregated Alabama and once unwittingly drank from a whites only fountain. White men confronted his father, who grabbed Richie and ran off. Richie asked his father why he didn’t stay and fight. His dad answered, “I had a choice: to be a man or be a father.”
9YR5G TIL that, before becoming an actor, Joe Pesci (under the name "Joe Ritchie") recorded an album called "Little Joe Sure Can Sing!", where he covered various popular songs