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TIL that Betty Boop was actually based off of an African American singer whose singing trademark was “Boop oop da doop”. The resemblance between the two of them is uncanny.

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MeY4V TIL Due to the emergency return of Apollo 13 the lunar module's plutonium reactor currently sits intact on the Pacific Ocean floor with a functional lifespan of 870 years.
edlb TIL the fastest cancellation of a TV show belongs to Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos, which was pulled midway through its first episode
8elxZ TIL that the "Perfect Aryan" poster child that was widely used in Nazi propaganda was actually Jewish. The photo was selected from a Nazi-held contest, where the photographer of the baby had submitted the photo as an ironic joke.
0KOv TIL International Women’s Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union and used to be called International Working Women’s Day until 1975
O6Mg TIL “Coffee is the second most valuable commodity exported from developing countries, petroleum being the first”