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TIL Beyoncé would sing her albums while running to keep herself from getting winded while on stage

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4gxw TIL that the character Kenny on South Park is based on a real childhood friend of Trey Parker, who was named Kenny, was the poorest kid in town, wore a large parka that muffled his voice and would frequently skip school, inspiring the running joke that “he died” by classmates
XEBkE TIL The opening monologue for Star Trek was written after several episodes had already been produced and only shortly before the series debuted. Gene Roddenberry's original version was not used.
rR9Q4 TIL a small town in southern Kyoto, Japan has a yearly festival and monument next to a shrine dedicated to Thomas Edison. He used the bamboo from the town Yawata for his filament in the lightbulbs which increased the use time from 40 hours to 1,000
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AJL7 TIL American men receive 60% longer Federal prison sentences than women for the same crime.