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TIL TV stations used to shut down for the night

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oRrEA TIL the Godfather 2 is the first sequel to win Best Picture at the Oscars
gGLA TIL the reason why the Ancient One from the Dr. Strange movie was played by a Caucasian (Celtic) person rather than an Asian (Tibetan) person. It’s because if it was otherwise, there is a risk the movie will be banned in China. That’s a big market they would lose if banned.
epAK5 TIL dub reggae music was made by mistake when King Tubby, Bunny Lee and others were at the Treasure Islands studio and the engineer, while mixing, forgot to put the voice on a track.
R7AA9 TIL a Dolphin had sexual relations with its trainer, given LSD, then it committed suicide as part of a NASA experiment.
69eKm TIL that Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman and his wife had tickets on the Hindenburg when returning from their honeymoon in Europe in 1937, but were unable to secure seats together, so they took alternative transportation instead, avoiding the Hindenburg disaster