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TIL Al Lewis, the actor who played Grandpa on The Munsters, had Charles Manson babysit his children

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GYJLJ TIL of the massacre of black sharecroppers that led the Supreme Court to curb the racial disparities of the justice system
VBGGk TIL, that Painless Parker was a street dentist that created the Parker Dental Circus, a traveling medicine show with his dental chair on a horse-drawn wagon while a band played. The band attracted large crowds and hid the moans and cries of patients who were given whiskey or a cocaine solution.
KYrbQ TIL that James Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam, sold just 482 copies in its first week on sale. It went on to become the UK's biggest selling album of the 2000s.
nW5rr TIL about Toki Pona, a minimalist constructed language with only 120 to 139 words, designed to simplify thought and emphasize joy. It uses cute pictograms, allows for creative expression, and despite its simplicity, has thousands of speakers worldwide.
vQVB TIL that when the US navy banned alcohol on ships in July 1914, they held one last massive party and invited ships from several nations to help drink the last of the booze. Many of the participants in the party would become enemies weeks later when WWI broke out.