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TIL Stunning electric-blue flames erupt from Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia

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mEaM TIL that Magneto was based on Malcolm X and Prof. X was based on Martin Luther King, Jr.
yVMxa TIL that Stephen Hawking, in collaboration with physicist Kip Thorne and Hollywood producer Lynda Obst, wrote at least nine drafts for a never made science fiction movie
vPYjK Til before Popeye gained superhuman strength by eating spinach, he became strong by rubbing a type of chicken called a whiffle hen.
wLOB6 TIL that when astronomer Carl Sagan sent Apple a cease & desist for codenaming a computer after him, they changed the name to "BHA," for "Butthead Astronomer." When he then sued for libel, the court dismissed the suit, noting "one does not seriously attack a scientist using the phrase 'butthead'."
E65P TIL In 1960, country singer Johnny Horton was killed in a car accident after his last show, held at the Skyline Club in Austin,TX, leaving his wife, Billie Jean Williams, a widow. Billie Jean’s first husband, Hank Williams, died in the back of his car after his last show, also at the Skyline Club.