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TIL in Shakespeare's time, onstage special effects included using real animal blood, bones and intestines

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GYZKN TIL Just like in high school, assisted living facilities and nursing homes can have their share of mean girls and bullies. People don’t always grow out of their cattiness and aggressive tendencies as they age
4yg TIL Dave Chapelle’s black KKK character was based on his grandfather (A blind white guy, brought up by a black family).
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Mex1a TIL In 1980, Punk Rock band Dead Kennedys was invited to play at an awards show to give the event "new wave credibility". Seconds into their set, they stopped to perform 'Pull My Strings', a song written specifically to take the piss out of the music execs in the room. They never played it again.
mx0ex TIL in 1952, at the age of 18, Donnie Dunagan became the Marine's youngest-ever drill instructor. He served 3 tours in Vietnam and was wounded several times, earning 3 purple hearts. He also kept a secret for over 50 years that he was a child actor and the voice of young Bambi.