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TIL that Hawaiians who were sent to the leper colony at Kalaupapa were also declared legally dead

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wLXL7 TIL Let it Snow doesn’t say one word about Christmas in its entire song. It was written in the summer by Sammy Cahn, after he was tired of the summer heat.
96Wp TIL in circuses, the Sousa march “The Stars and Stripes Forever” is played by bands to alert workers to a life-threatening emergency, and to expedite removing the audience. It is never a part of regular circus music programs for this reason.
vrbR TIL a family who adopted five children on a bid to get on ‘Extreme Makeover’ kicked the five children out of their home once the makeover was complete
jNn6p TIL in 1993, the Mickey Mouse Club featured a young Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling.
ZX1Q TIL that the Ghost Chili was investigated by India as a nonlethal way to flush out terrorists from their hideouts and to control rioters. It was called a “Chili Grenade.”