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TIL that “WKRP in Cincinnati” recorded on videotape rather than film because it made the music licensing rights cheaper

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Ka8R TIL livid is the color opposite to brown
XErNk TIL of Cpt. Burris, who during WWII got a 15,000 man German Panzer Corps to surrender to him and 2 men. The Americans were told to let the Russians make the final push into Berlin for political reasons. Instead Burris drove in with just a jeep and 2 men and convinced the German's it was over.
YpMpv TIL Michael Caine only agreed to be in 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' because his 7-year-old daughter was too young to see his other films, and he wanted her to watch him in something.
W059 TIL a women with a PhD in math won the scratch lottery in Texas 4 times (about $21 million) by figuring out the algorithm of the ticket production.
GNA7 TIL that a Nuclear Sub was decommissioned after an employee set it on fire to get out of going to work..cost $700 million dollars.