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TIL architect Edmund Bacon (Kevin Bacon's dad) illegally skateboarded across Philadelphia's LOVE Park, the plaza he helped design, to protest the city's skateboard ban.

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jNlDn TIL That the drought of 1976-77 aligned harmoniously with the rise of skateboarding. In effort to conserve water, pools were being emptied all throughout Southern California. With that, emerging skaters like Tony Alva, Steve Olson, and the late Jay Adams were jumping fences and skating empty pools.
gAj7 TIL that the U.S. government produced 500,000 Purple Heart medals to prepare for the 1945 invasion of Japan. When the operation never took place, the medals were placed in storage and distributed. All military action since then (including Korea and Vietnam) still has not depleted the supply.
QJa4p TIL Ron Wasserman, the composer of the Power Rangers theme song, also composed the theme song for the X-Men Animated Series
XE6kD TIL There is a sequel to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", called "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It features space travel, Cold War politics, aliens, and Charlie's grandparents abusing drugs.
oRPp7 TIL in the 1991 movie Hot Shots, Charlie Sheen's character gives a shoutout to Paula Abdul, who would soon after marry Charlie's real-life brother, Emilio Estevez.