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TIL the creator of Shaft was white

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dAl9 TIL Jean-Claude Van Damme’s first screen credit is listed as “Gay Karate Man”.
grgKA TIL that some patients remain awake during brain surgery so doctors can ensure vital areas controlling speech or movement aren’t damaged. They can talk and even play instruments mid-surgery.
9w8yp TIL: San Fransisco has very few cemeteries. But the city was once full of cemeteries. As San Francisco's population rapidly grew, "people turned against the cemeteries". Eventually, most of the cemeteries were dug up and transferred out of the city.
xVbpw TIL the Sony Walkman launched on July 1, 1979 for $150 & to this date has sold 400 million units with 200 million being cassette players
J7Nv TIL In 1946 Orson Welles declined FDR’s suggestion to run for Democratic Senator for his home state of Wisconsin. The seat was won by Joseph McCarthy. Later Welles said “I didn’t believe the American people would ever vote for a divorced Hollywood actor.”