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TIL Brad Kane - the singing voice of Disney's Aladdin - went on to write and produce Fringe, Black Sails, Warrior and Tokyo Vice.

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J1l5Q TIL in 1973, the US Army made an anti-tank grenade football by hollowing out a Nerf football and filling it with explosive charges. It was thought most American troops were familiar with how to throw a football.
nOno TIL One minute each night, skyscrapers, tugboats, hotels, a yacht club and police cruisers send a blinking goodnight message to sick kids inside Hasbro children’s hospital Providence. R.I.
8eEXZ TIL Hongmen Feast Incident. After the Qin Dynasty's fall, rebel leader Xiang Yu held a feast for his co-rebel & rival, Liu Bang. In the party, Xiang arranged for a sword dancer to kill Liu during his performance, but Liu was saved by one of his friends, who got up and danced with the sword-dancer.
9Ypw6 TIL: After the infamous 'Nipplegate' controversy at the 2004 Superbowl halftime show, the FCC received ~540,000 complaints. In Canada, where the Superbowl was also broadcast, only 50 complaints were received.
6EvyX TIL about 'convict leasing' system in which Southern states leased prisoners to private railways, mines, and large plantations, basically 'slavery by another name'