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TIL that Mel Blanc, voice actor for Porky Pig, from Bugs Bunny, has “That’s all folks!” on his gravestone.

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VMJvm TIL A card addressed to "Ya know yer wan, her mother’s Hogan from Castleblayney, but the daughter’s an ex-townie. Grew up in Athlone and moved to Ballymacward when she got married. Lives next door to her in-laws now. She has a rake a’ childer and 7 dogs and 4 cats and..." was successfully delivered.
x6MOk TIL that after Surya Bonaly fell during her routine at the 1998 Winter Olympics and realized she wouldn’t win a medal, she performed an illegal backflip and became the first figure skater to land one on a single blade in Olympic competition.
4kmmJ TIL Yang Kyoungjong, a Korean soldier, fought in three different armies during World War II. Drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army, he was captured and compelled to fight in the Red Army, then captured again and forced to join the German Wehrmacht, making him a veteran of three different armies.
oRerY TIL: That between the years 1790 and 1800, Philadelphia was in fact the capital of the United States of America. The capital of the United States was moved to Washington D.C. in 1800 upon completion of the White House and U.S. Capitol buildings, where it has remained ever since.
erPg TIL that Nikola Tesla predicted in 1926 that one day “We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance… we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face” through devices able to fit into a vest pocket.