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TIL in the movie The Shawshank Redemption, Red's mugshot is actually of Morgan Freeman's son, Alfonso Freeman

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ADpAw TIL that in the Great Depression, there was a fleet of "book women" who delivered books, regardless of weather, to rural communities in Appalachia. These women would ride 100-120 miles every week on horseback, traversing dangerous terrain, to ensure that their readers received their books on time.
4gw6 TIL Dick Cheney Flunked out of Yale University Twice
Oory6 TIL Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played bass on Young MC's song "Bust a Move".
gr0D9 TIL a team of archeologists uncovered the largest manmade stone block ever discovered in Baalbek, Lebanon. The block, which was found in a limestone quarry measures 64 feet by 19.6 feet by 18 feet and weighs an estimated 1,650 tons. The block likely dates back at least 2,000 years, to around 27 BC.
rRDwM TIL the first videogame console with the possibility to install videogames over the internet was the Atari 2600 in 1983