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TIL that 100-year-old notebook found encased in Antarctic ice is part of Robert Scott’s expedition team

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X0A68 TIL In 1929, the author of Peter Pan gave the copyrights to the books to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 1988, the hospital was given unique right to the royalties from Peter Pan in the UK for perpetuity.

KORKE TIL of 'The Comet', a sci-fi short story written in 1920 by American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois. It tells the story of a Black man and White woman who survive when the population of New York is obliterated. It is credited by many as the foundation for writers of Afrofuturism.

7rVeb TIL: In 1947, the Superman radio show did a series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross" in which they exposed many of the KKK's most guarded secrets. Within two weeks of the broadcast, KKK recruitment was down to zero. And by 1948, people were showing up to Klan rallies just to mock them.

b9xkN TIL in 1965 Edward Turner from British motorcycle company BSA said that small Japanese bikes were good for BSA, as they would attract potential riders of bigger bikes. However, he did not predict that the Japanese would then export attractive larger motorcycles, thus threatening companies like BSA.

aL0M TIL- In 1933 America’s most senior, most decorated Marine, General Smedley Butler, told the House of Representitives that wealthy businessmen tried to recruit him to overthrow President Roosevelt in a coup, and install a fascist government.