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TIL about Lucille Bogan, a 1930s 'dirty blues' singer known for her extremely sexually explicit lyrics

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OGxn4 TIL that Tyrian purple or royal purple is a redish-purple natural dye. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails. Twelve thousand snails yield no more than 1.4 g of pure dye, enough to colour only the trim of a single garment.
D1JMv TIL that R2-D2 and C-3PO appear as hieroglyphics in the backround of scenes in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
LxNm TIL That for ever 1 hour of flight time, the F-22 Raptor requires 30 hours of maintenance, and costs $44,000 per flight hour.
nb7G TIL Janis Ian met Bill Cosby on tour as a teenager. Cosby, presuming she was a lesbian, is alleged to have warned television shows that she was “not suitable family entertainment” due to her sexuality, and attempted to have her blacklisted.
Wk7pB TIL in the Bible (Deut 14:26) God wanted his chosen people to spend their money on their hearts desire's including wine and hard liquor.