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TIL In 1991 both former Senator John Tower of Texas (head of the Tower Commission for the Iran–Contra affair) and astronaut Manley "Sonny" Carter died in the same commuter plane crash in Georgia.

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wLdWW TIL That a petard was a small bomb used in the sixteenth century to blow up walls. So being hoisted by his own petard means he was blown up by his own bomb.
Z8QWQ TIL George Michael wrote his hit single “Careless Whisper” at 17 years old out of sheer boredom while riding the bus to work. Despite its success, he was not happy with the song and in a 2009 interview with the Big Issue, he said he was “a bit puzzled why it made such an impression on people”.
ZvYY TIL that on the 1995 VHS release of “The Santa Clause” Tim Allen makes a joke about a phone sex hotline. This line was removed from the movie after a child racked up a $400 phone bill.
bn1a TIL that Eminem used the word nigga only once and he decided to censor it.
VPGG TIL that Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh was based on the author’s son by the same name who later grew to despise his father for having “climbed on [his] infant shoulders and filched [him] of [his] good name,” through the works.