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TIL Burt Reynolds starred in a musical in 1975 that was such a disaster that the director had an apology printed in newspapers.

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4XrDX TIL that Olivia De Havilland, who in 1939 starred in Gone with the Wind, is still alive. Born on the same day as the Battle of the Somme started, she is at 103 years old the oldest living Academy Awards winner.
r9Wx TIL the chief minster of Karnataka, India is a self-confessed agnostic. During his swearing-in ceremony, he took oath in the name of “Truth” and not God.
DpwV TIL in 2002, a mid-air collision between a passenger jet and cargo jet took the lives of all 71 people aboard both planes. A man whose family was killed in the collision later stabbed to death the Air Traffic Controller that was on duty at the time of the collision.
OGQbR TIL Wasabi is one of the worlds most expense crops to cultivate.
yj5p TIL that the murderers of Emmett Till, who was killed on this day in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, gave a full confession detailing the murder to Look Magazine, after they were aquitted of murder by an all white jury.