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TIL Chicago classic rock station 97.9 The Loop played AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' as their final song before being taken over by a Christian broadcasting company.

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j0Vj TIL Jaleel White hated playing the role of Steve Urkel in “Family Matters.” After the series was cancelled, he said, “If you ever see me do that character again, take me out and put a bullet in my head and put me out of my misery.”
jN4KR TIL that Marvin Gaye died in April of 1984 after being shot twice in the chest. Marvin had tried to break up a fight between his parents when Marvin's father pulled out a .38 Smith & Wesson, a Christmas gift from Marvin to his father from the year before, and fatally shot his son.
ADAXd TIL In 1984 scientists were stumped by a chunk of earth seemingly plucked out of the ground as though someone used a 'giant cookie cutter' and put down, right side up, 73 feet away. The chunk was mostly soil held together by roots and had the exact shape and thickness as the hole.
1aWpd TIL in 1938 when Neville Chamberlain returned from visiting Hitler promising "peace for our time", the crowd of 5,000 supporters at the airport were eclipsed by 15,000 protestors in the streets in London, but wasn't reported on due to Chamberlain's manipulation of the BBC.
XlGX TIL debuting in 1979 as a one-time, 13-part series, “This Old House” was one of the earliest home improvement shows. It was initially controversial among building contractors, and the cast was afraid that they were giving away secrets of the building trades.