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TIL that the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang had nothing to do with the sound of the car. Originally named after a powerful laxative, official of the race said no. So, an inocuous name was chosen. The name was slang for a military overnight pass, activities that followed.

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jlKN TIL of John Willis, the only white member of Ping On, Boston’s Chinese mafia. He was introduced to the group by a young Asian man he saved. John later learned Chinese, became the boss’ chief bodyguard, and received the nickname “White Devil”. He is currently in a federal prison for drug trafficking.
wLGyP TIL 22 yr old Hilda Clayton, an Army combat photographer and visual information specialist with 55th Signal Company, captured her last photo, and the moment of her death, when a mortar shell exploded in the launch tube during a training exercise with Afghan soldiers
OoGla TIL the river Styx from Greek myth actually exists and its waters may have been used to poison Alexander the Great
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yVKM8 TIL that Alf ended with Alf kidnapped by the US government to be dissected. Originally a season finale, Alf's fate was sealed with the cancellation of the series.