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TIL Betty Boop was based on actress Helen Kane, not (as I had believed) on Clara Bow.

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neGeY TIL that Jimi Hendrix played guitar for Little Richard
o7MY TIL, in 1962 under Centralia PA,one of the largest mines in the US caught fire. The fire formed sinkholes and vented lethal amounts of carbon monoxide forcing the evacuation of residents.Today the town remains abandoned while the fire continues to burn and is expected to do so for another 250 years!
9wdQ6 TIL in 2001, Mattel made a vibrating Harry Potter broomstick that led to many questionable Amazon user reviews. They discontinued the toy after adult stores in Times Square started selling them for twice their original retail price
9nRB TIL the Tiananmen Square tank man during 1989 was not actual stopping the tanks to go attack the protesters, the tanks were actually going back to their barracks because the massacre happened the day before.
grKRA TIL that the B-2 jet used by the US in Yemen costs an average of US$2.13 billion, which is about 10% of Yemen’s GDP