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TIL Michael Jackson once had a secret airport hanger where he would work on dozens of sketches and paintings. This 'art space' was completely hidden from the public until after his death.

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O9Ba TIL Field Marshall Montgomery once made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith that is if he could capture the city of Sfax by April 1943 he would receive a B17 bomber. When Monty completed his half of the bet, Smith backed out: The matter escalated all the way to Eisenhower who ensured Monty got his B17.
49gw TIL In the mid 1800’s millions of American children learned in school that one taste of alcohol could lead to blindness, madness or death. And there was the possibility too, the children were told, of spontaneous combustion; just one drink of alcohol might cause their bodies to go up in flames.
P1NOg TIL Kuchikamikaze is a type of Sake made out of boiled rice that has been further chewed by chosen (beautiful and young virgin) women. The chewed out rice is then left for fermentation before distilling it as Kuchikamikaze (literally: mouth-chewed sake). Kampai!
obWE TIL that Jerry Seinfeld offered to voice a character on South Park, but later declined after Matt Stone and Trey Parker had only offered him the part of “turkey #2”
R5ar4 TIL 18% of adults with asthma smoke, compared to 13.6% of adults without asthma