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TIL Jim Crow was not a real person, but a character played by a white actor performing minstrel routines.

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v167D TIL than Charlie Chaplin, while directing his movie "City Lights", made actress Virginia Cherrill re-do a scene where she says "Flower Sir"? 342 times. The movie was a silent film.
mWpY TIL the Gillette Fusion range of blades cost only £0.05 ($0.08USD) each to manufacture, yet sold for up to £2.43 ($3.68USD): a mark-up price of more than 4,750%
OGPLX TIL Sam Kinison and Roseanne Barr were the inspiration for two leading roles on TV's "Married...With Children" and both turned it down
epO0D TIL that Phan Thi Mao, a young Vietnamese woman, was kidnapped and repeatedly abused by US soldiers in 1966, only one of those soldiers decided to stand up for her and reported the situation, this event became known as the “incident on Hill 192”
P4de TIL, for over 20 years, Cuba has been aiding and treating more than 18,000 children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, for free.