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TIL on Google News you can search and read old print newspapers, going as far back as 1752

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ZjKB TIL Alfonso Ribeiro said the Carlton Banks character was as far away from who actually was as possible. He grew up with hip hop in the Bronx, and never heard of Tom Jones and had to have CDs and articles brought to him to learn what Calrton liked.
YpyQx TIL the the Uffington White Horse, a famous British landmark, was covered with turf and hedge trimmings during WWII to prevent Luftwaffe pilots using it for navigation
rNyR0 TIL; Smoking was allowed on airline flights up until the late 80s.
Br5GK TIL that in January 2004 the Mayor of Colorado City, AZ was expelled at the behest of convicted Pedophile Cult Leader Warren Jeffs.
yEYl TIL that Scooby and the gang star in a comic book, “Scooby Apocalypse” about trying to survive in a hellish near-future