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TIL Billie Holiday was arrested and jailed five months for prostitution at age 14.

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WkNBA TIL that Reagan attempted to consider Ketchup a vegetable to make up for budget cuts to school lunches
nWGXG TIL Adriano Celentano (singer of "Prisencolinensinainciusol") is the father of Rosalinda Celentano (Satan in "The Passion of the Christ").
0w9g5 TIL that images from NASA's Lunar Orbiter in the '60s where hi-def even by today standards, but were published as grainy and low-res to hide US spying capabilities
x6JG5 TIL that lenticular clouds are often mistaken for UFOs? These stationary, lens-shaped clouds form at high altitudes, usually over mountains, and can appear to hover in the sky. Their smooth, saucer-like appearance and vivid colors at sunrise or sunset contribute to their otherworldly look, making th
GYEm5 TIL That this day 125 years ago physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen becomes the first person to observe X-rays a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields most of all medicine by making the invisible visible.