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TIL On the original release of the Velvet Underground and Nico’s eponymous debut album, you could peel the banana skin off the album cover, revealing a flesh-colored banana.

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b9jvQ Today I learned that World of Tanks partnered with Belavia to make a World of Tanks plane
ne8K9 TIL about the Irish bank strikes. About a year in total, economists predicted a massive economic catastrophe; however, "The effect on the Irish economy was surprisingly small, as Irish citizens traded cheques among themselves based on mutual trust, effectively substituting them for cash."
j66Rn TIL United Airlines once forgot to escort a blind woman off the plane, despite assuring her they would. While waiting, she suddenly heard the plane's door seal shut: "And then, just complete silence. And I started calling out with no response." She was later saved by the maintenance crew.
omXK TIL That in 1974 Steve Rogers (Capt. America), disillusioned by corruption in the U.S. government, temporarily ditched his patriotic personna and became Nomad, the hero without a country.
Y7MMP TIL that Frank Sinatra was offered the lead role in Die Hard