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TIL Golden Girls' Estelle Getty was 1 yr younger than her TV daughter Bea Arthur

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dDAb7 TIL Berry Oakley, bassist of American rock band "The Allman Brothers Band", died in a motorcycle accident in 1972, just three blocks from where his fellow bandmate Duane Allman also died in a motorcycle accident the year before. Both Berry and Duane were 24 at the time of their deaths.
W14d TIL that horseshoe crab blood is worth $15,000/L, due to its ability to detect bacteria
vPXJ8 TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. After being destroyed and looted, the ones left are at risk of disappearing due to shifting desert sands. Theres a multi-billion dollar project to plant a line of trees across the entire African continent to create ground stability and stop the desert spread.
9w6v7 TIL the most decorated service member in US Military history, Audie Murphy (1925-1971), and the most decorated Airman in Air Force history, Duane Hackney (1947-1993), both died before the age of 47.
VM1BB TIL the USSR had a televised song contest. Since few people had phones, viewers would turn their house lights on if they liked a certain song, off if they didn’t. The state energy company recorded the size of each power spike & reported results to the station to determine votes for each contestant.