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TIL Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons) first appearance is a reference to Sonny Rollins, the great saxophonist, who retired from public and was not seen for 3 years, until a journalist discovered him playing the saxophone alone on Williamsburg Bridge

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7rN6L TIL from 986 CE, Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images were smashed due to the Islamic dislike of idolatry. Hence, the Islamic term for an 'idol' became 'budd'.
NlAJ TIL THC when combined with Nicotine enhances the functioning of the hippocampus, which is involved with learning and memory, but not when used seperately
m10vE TIL that Jack Woolams, the test pilot for the first American jet fighter, wore a gorilla mask and a bowler hat while flying so that any sightings of the jet by other pilots wouldn't be believed by people on the ground.
9Y4mD TIL there was once an appetite suppressing candy called Ayds, in the late 1980's due to public awareness of the aids crisis, similarities in name and the fact both could cause weight loss, sales plummeted by as much as 50%. Resulting in the eventual discontinuation of the brand.
1aEWV TIL that the USS Missouri, the battleship on which the Japanese Surrendered in 1945 fired tomahawks cruise missiles in the 1991 Gulf War