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TIL Bob Ross donated all of the paintings from the TV shows to PBS stations across the country

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LQNjV TIL about Companion Planting, which helps gardens grow by planting strategically based on root compatibility and soil optimization
kJLEm TIL that there is a comic where Marvel villain Thanos tortures a man named David every year on his birthday by visiting him and ruining his day somehow. This is for no reason other than to inflict pain and suffering on a personal level, and David was chosen at random.
QJ4Vp TIL that Pat Morita was made an honorary member of the 442nd Regiment - Mr. Miyagi's WWII unit.
XEA6X TIL Laika, the first Soviet Space Dog died within hours due to overheating. This was not made public until 2002; it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.
9dy6 TIL that Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” borrows most of its lyrics from a poem called “Fun” by Wyn Cooper, netting Cooper a ton of royalties and helping him get his poetry book rereleased