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TIL the 2002 Pontiac Firebird and the 2002 Chevy Camaro were the last popular production cars that had T-tops.

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xXBD TIL that in 1973, after The Who’s drummer Keith Moon passed out on stage, Pete Townshend asked the crowd, ‘Can anybody play the drums…I mean somebody good!’ A fan, Scot Halpin, volunteered to play and proceeded to finish the set.
yQLkw TIL that in July 2014, six sealed glass vials of smallpox dated 1954 were discovered by chance in a storage room in an FDA laboratory at the NIH in Maryland. Upon transfer to the CDC in Atlanta, two of the vials had virus which proved to be viable in culture. They were destroyed 7 months later.
OKAR TIL Actor Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in at least one film for each of Disney’s owned studios. He played Nick Fury in the MCU (Marvel), he was a Jedi in the Star Wars prequels (Lucasfilms), Frozone in The Incredibles (Pixar), as well as the narrator for a Disney Nature Documentary “African Cats”.
XAXE TIL Poison Dart Frogs are poisonous due to the diet. Frogs raised in captivity are not poisonous.
Y7aYB TIL Monique Richard set out to be the first female to summit Canada's highest peak, Mt Logan, but needed rescue before she reached the peak. As of 2019, climbers were no longer permitted to summit Mt Logan by themselves, under any conditions.