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TIL that Sandra Margot, a successful bounty hunter/PI, was once known as Tiffany Mellon/Million. Under those names she was both a member of the real GLOW and a major pornstar appearing in/producing 100+ hardcore films.

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W7Vjd TIL that Lake Superior has an island which has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder, which, when the pond floods, becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
p8AGA TIL of Mr. Skygack, from Mars. Running from 1907 to 1911, it is considered to be the first science-fiction comic, featuring the first extraterrestrial character in comics history. It also inspired the first cosplay, where a man wore a Mr. Skygack costume to a masquerade in 1908.
mxB7y TIL in 1865, Charles Dickens was traveling home from France when his train derailed while crossing a bridge, and his car was left dangling from the tracks. He helped save stranded passengers and then climbed back into the dangling car to find a manuscript he was supposed to send to his publishers.
7rA9M TIL That Trippy Green Code in ‘The Matrix’ Is Just a Bunch of Sushi Recipes
D1XBD TIL that the carpet cleaning company Stanley Steemer is named after Stanley Steamers, an early automobile powered by steam