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TIL that the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn't wear different colored masks, only red!

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8a78G TIL the 1928 adaptation of "Noah's Ark" had a flood scene that killed 3 actors. The original cut of the film, which included footage of the 3 actors drowning in the flood, is lost. Also, a young John Wayne can be seen struggling to stay above the water in the scene (it was one of his first roles.)
XE4D8 TIL Bill Murray attended a showing of the Groundhog Day musical and then returned the next day to see the show again.
Br1Bx TIL Fasting was used as a method of protesting injustice in pre-Christian Ireland, and had specific rules by which it could be used. It was often done on doorsteps, possibly because allowing a person to die at one’s doorstep, for a wrong of which one was accused, was considered a great dishonour.
JYpd4 TIL 90% of Australians live within 100km of the ocean
b9Pw0 TIL Red Summer: January 1 and September 14, 1919, white mobs lynched at least 43 African Americans, with 16 hanged and others shot; while another 8 men were burned at the stake.