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TIL I learned that Marvin Gaye was killed by his father on April 1st, 1984 due to a dispute over a misplaced insurance policy letter. His death was thought to be a rumor due to it being April Fool's and was initially dismissed by friends and fans. It was one day before his 45th birthday.

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loLb5 TIL that the Indonesian flag is the nearly the same as the Dutch flag, but with the bottom third and blue strip removed. After 138 years of Dutch rule, youths removed a Dutch flag tore off the blue strip and re-hoisted it as an Indonesian flag in 1945 (War of Independence 1945-1949)
DQOGY TIL of the Telecommunications Relay Service, a free service for all of the US and its territories, which lets people with hearing/speech disabilities to make phone calls
V5Om TIL during the filming of Malcolm in the Middle, Bryan Cranston (Hal) would invite Erik Per Sullivan (Dewey) to spend weekends with his family and children so he could experience a more normal childhood.
P1APn TIL Annabella Lwin joined Bow Wow Wow, at 13, appeared nude on an album cover at 14, and was 15 when they recorded “I Want Candy”
awKVM TIL during WWII Mounds candy bar operated a small fleet of ships that transported coconuts from the Caribbean and reported on Nazi ship movements to the US Military.