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TIL Disney insisted Jack Skellington have eyes as the eyes are what connects the character with the audience. Tim Burton and Selick wouldn't budge, and ultimately proved their anti-hero didn't need oculars to connect with the viewer.

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6EeeZ TIL Aersomith guitarist Joe Perry's wife didn't know who he or Aerosmith was when they met. He didn't ever talk about it and she only discovered it a few years later after finding gold records in some old boxes. This was after songs like Walk This Way, Dream On, and Back in the Saddle.
GYxOQ TIL Two days before the 1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe Airport to rescue hostages, Idi Amin allowed one of the sick Jewish passengers to be taken to a local hospital and allowed her to stay there after receiving treatment but sent a squad to murder her when he felt humiliated by the Israeli action
No5E TIL One of North Korea’s largest exports is giant statues of foreign dictators.
ZpmZp TIL that until 2021, Maryland's state song was "Maryland, my Maryland," a confederate war poem set to the tune of 'O Tannenbaum.' The opening line refers to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant, and the lyrics go on to describe the Union as "Northern Scum."
rRQwd TIL of the Ombalantu Baobab Tree. A tree so large that’s there’s a door in the trunk and 35 people can fit inside. It has served as a chapel, post office, house, and hiding spot during its history in Namibia.