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TIL Fred Astaire’s last on-screen dance was as an alien prince on Battlestar Galactica at the age of 80 because his grandchildren watched it

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PejG TIL: That a copyright dispute between Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation was settled over a CEO vs CEO arm wrestling match.
ANDon TIL the reason why many 90s cartoons had a shoe horned educational message for kids is because of the introduction of the 1991 "Children's Television Act" which required kids TV programs to serve the "educational and informational" needs of childen.
7Gm7 TIL Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from the Queen but as an American Citizen he cannot use the title “Sir”
adK9 TIL Japanese created a smoke alarm for those who can’t hear, that pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air to alert them.
Kv9B TIL out of the 10,000 members of the Communist Party USA in 1957, 1,500 were FBI informants