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TIL that Judy Garland once performed in blackface.
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rAA4
TIL there was an astronomically unlucky astronomer: His first expedition to India to study the Transit of Venus was thwarted by clouds and war; his second 8 years later by the only cloudy day in months. Upon returning he found that he was legally dead, his wife remarried, and his estate was pilfered
kypB
TIL due to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, the Nobel Committee refused to give the Nobel Peace Prize that year because there was “no suitable living candidate.” The Prize cannot be given to deceased candidates. That way Gandhi’s place on the list was silently but respectfully left open.
nddW
TIL there was an engine used in certain tanks and airplanes that was started using a shotgun shell.
jNeoR
TIL that rubies and sapphires are scientifically the same mineral. Rubies are the red variety and sapphires encompasses any other color, with blue being the most popular and common.
4Nao
TIL Curb Your Enthusiasm saved a guy from murder charges. Outtake footage of an episode taking place at Dodgers stadium showed the accused in the crowd, some 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder.