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TIL that a glass ball will bounce higher than a rubber ball!

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dAL9 TIL that some Gilligan’s Island viewers had no idea the show was scripted and sent letters to the Coast Guard urging them to rescue everybody on the island.
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mnMM TIL so many people misheard a made-up word in ELO’s Don’t Bring Me Down as “Bruce!” that leader/singer Jeff Lynne starting singing it that way
nWE6r TIL Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon made a pinball game about driving Marilyn Monroe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Santa Claus, and Dracula around in a taxi
banQ TIL In Medieval Times, red hair was associated with moral degradation and promiscuity. Redheads were regarded as werewolves, vampires and witches. The Spanish Inquisition singled them out for persecution, believing their hair to be a sure sign that they stole the fires of hell