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TIL Marilyn Monroe was really good friends with Ella Fitzgerald. Monroe was instrumental in getting Ella past racial barriers to perform and they stayed friend till death.

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rNOWe TIL Singapore has limited arable land, meaning that Singapore is heavily reliant on agrotechnology parks for agricultural production. As a result, Singapore imports 90% of its food supply and has a wide variety of supplier countries in order to achieve its food security.
N7xP8 TIL Russia operated its southernmost North American settlement, Krepost Ross, in what is now Sanoma County, California from 1812 to 1842.
BrbJe TIL 'mana' is the spiritual life force energy or healing power that permeates the universe, in the culture of the Melanesians and Polynesians. Anyone or thing can have Mana. It is a cultivation or possession of energy and power, rather than being a source of power.
VM8Km TIL that First Lady Anna Harrison was still packing up her house in Ohio when US Pres. William Henry Harrison died on his 30th day in office. She is the only first lady to have never moved into the White House
X0LBR TIL that the Marvel character / Spiderman Villian "The Spot" was named Johnny Ohnn, as a reference to the American slang "Johnny-on-the-spot"