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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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9wvep TIL the concept of sister cities originated in WW2 as a way of establishing solidarity between allied cities that had been devastated by fighting and air raids. The first 'twinned' cities were Coventry, England and Stalingrad in the Soviet Union in 1942 as both were extensively destroyed in the war
LQEjV TIL a Reading, PA Funereal Home has kept the mummified corpse of “Stoneman Willie” for 128-years, and he will finally be laid to rest this fall.
a8Mjy TIL 31 of the first 40 pilots hired to fly mail by the U.S. Post Office were killed in crashes
woxkE TIL the insult "suck eggs" originates from the full phrase "teaching grandmother to suck eggs," referring to a person giving advice to another person in a subject with which the other person is already familiar
v1oLx TIL about Jim’s Corner. Travelers using the single gravel road in and out of the Northwest Angle are expected to use a telephone at Jim's Corner to contact Canadian or U.S. Customs and make their declarations as the border crossing is unstaffed.