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TIL that in Cowboy Bebop the voice actors for Spike Spiegel (Steve Blum) and Julia (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) are married in real life.

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epxwJ TIL that a bite from a lone star tick can make you allergic to red meat permanently.
d8L4B TIL that School House Rock and Jay-Z were simultaneously selected to be added to the Library of Congress National Registry.
xl5D TIL in 1989, the forward cargo door of a 747 flying from Honolulu to Auckland blew off, causing decompression of the cabin and ejecting 9 passengers from the plane to their deaths over 22,000ft below. 2 flight attendants narrowly avoided being sucked out of the plane.
Bdad TIL that in 1000, Spain had over 5,000,000 Muslims. By 1614, every Muslim was either forced to convert, leave, or be killed by Catholic monarchs.
Bg6ZL TIL during the Cultural Revolution in China a system of schools for government officials called May Seventh Cadre Schools were established to combat bureaucratism. Officials were required to perform hard manual labor and learn communist doctrine for six months to two years before returning to work.