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TIL that during his 1955 tour in Ghana, Louis Armstrong suddenly stopped playing, moved by the fact that one of the dancers resembled his mother, who had died 20 years before. He said: “I know it now. I came from here, way back. At least my people did. Now I know this is my country too.”

N7b68 TIL Many psychology experts believe the darkness in fairy tales actually helps children learn to cope with terrible things in the real world. As an example the Beauty and the Beast involves the exposure to ugly danger, the monster, and the triumph over evil, and then finding of the good in the evil!
gMJWX TIL of US Navy Admiral Boorda the first person to rise from the enlisted ranks to become Chief of Naval Operations who killed himself after being accused of wearing 2 unauthorized service ribbons
eXog TIL the last scene in the episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, “Papa Got a Brand New Excuse” was completely unscripted. The character was meant to shrug off his dad leaving, but Will got emotional thinking about his friends who grew up without a father and broke down in tears.
VM0aD TIL that it is illegal to include the Emergency Broadcast system alert tones in any broadcast media in any context, unless it's coming through the actual Emergency Broadcast System. Even when remixed to sound different, networks can be fined thousands of dollars for each time the tone is broadcast.
wML6 TIL That after the Napoleonic Wars the Dutch set up poverty colonies to help poor families. It was opposed by Christians because it “intervened with God’s plan”