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TIL Max Brooks (The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z) is Mel Brooks' (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs) son

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X5or TIL In the mid-90s, a bar in Moscow named “The Hungry Duck” introduced a ladies night whereby only women were allowed in for two hours, and were given unlimited booze for free. At 10 p.m., following a male strip act, men were allowed in.
kJLNB TIL although she became famous playing the "dumb blonde" role, and kept the act in all of her public appearances, Jayne Mansfield was a classicaly trained musician accomplished in violin and piano and spoke 5 languages. Her IQ is unverified but quoted numbers range from 149 to 160
BgWy TIL that the character Prof. Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person, described as the “Napoleon of Crime”
x6jlo TIL a hurricane almost hit NYC around 9/11/01, only being diverted by a cold front that passed through the area that morning.
Yb4x TIL of Doodlebug, an orphaned kangaroo joey that was abandoned until he was found after he walked up to strangers and extended his arms, seemingly wanting to be picked up. A photo of him hugging a teddy bear later went viral.