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TIL Jeff Bridges’ grandchildren call him “DudePa”

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ADnRg TIL that on the first day the Suez Canal opened, Nov 17, 1869, a French ship named the Péluse ran aground and blocked the canal, forcing ships stuck in the canal to wait until the next morning when the Péluse was hauled away.
gMNr9 TIL In his mid-70s, Goya created dark paintings not intended for public display, including "Two Old Ones Eating Soup"
v1D07 TIL the Iranian revenge attack on US airbases in January 2020 actually injured over 100 soldiers, but this was not disclosed until seven weeks later.
QJnYp TIL about Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson, who taught himself to play piano at the age of two, played with Lionel Hampton when he was 5, was the first black entertainer at the White House Correspondents dinner when he was 8, recorded for Capitol Records (with two hits) from 9-12 then retired from music.
4Xp96 TIL that Star Wars: Return of the Jedi was filmed under the title Blue Harvest: Horror Beyond Imagination so it avoided all the publicity and that's also where the Family Guy special got its name from.