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TIL there is an enduring mystery about who wrote Black Betty (bam-a-lam), and what "Black Betty" stood for. It was first recorded in 1933, using black Texas prisoners.

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64lJ TIL in 2011 the FOX Network threatened to cancel The Simpsons if production costs weren’t lowered. All the voice actors accepted a 30% paycut to each earn $300,000 per episode
pA4Q TIL that Kyoto was spared from much of the destruction of WWII. It was removed from the atomic bomb target list (which it had headed) by the personal intervention of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who wanted to save this cultural center that he knew from his honeymoon.
kOD14 TIL about the existence of a psychosomatic/hysteria condition called PPS, where it is believed that if a horny dog bites you, you will get pregnant and you will give birth to the puppies from your penis