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TIL: Maya Angelou directed one movie - 'Down in the Delta' - a well received film released in 1988

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4KLJ TIL that when Frank Morgan, the man that played the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz, was picking out a jacket to use for his role as the Wizard, he turned out one of the pockets of the jacket and discovered a label indicating that the coat had once belonged to Oz author L. Frank Baum.
oEkY TIL in 1976 a Soviet pilot defected to Japan with one of their most advanced jet, a MiG-25P. They returned it after learning all its secrets with a $40k bill asking for the shipping fare and repair for the damage it caused to the runway.
xmek TIL there’s no photography or videography allowed in the Sistine Chapel because a Japanese art restoration company owns the rights to the image
m1xox TIL Greg "Pappy" Boyington was the commander of the legendary Marine jet fighter Black Sheep Squadron during WWII. He was captured by the Japanese and held as a POW. He admitted his health drastically improved during his imprisonment as a result of the enforced sobriety.
PYPAO TIL Research has shown that dogs actually like the silly, high-pitched voice their owners use to talk to them.