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TIL that Cheryl Gates McFadden goes by Gates McFadden for her acting (e.g. Star Trek), and Cheryl McFadden for her choreography.

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R57L8 TIL that during a two-year recovery from tuberculosis at a sanitorium, Ringo Starr was first exposed to a percussion instrument in the form of a makeshift mallet made from a cotton bobbin that he used to strike the cabinets next to his hospital bed.
jNbMX TIL in 1896, Bill Crush orchestrated the spectacle of smashing two trains into each other completely on purpose. Although no one was within 200 yards of the impact, the explosion from the steam engines killed two spectators and injured more. The event was considered a big PR and financial success.
M7jyB TIL that Dr. Seuss wrote a training film for the US military called “Our Job in Japan,” meant to train soldiers for the military occupation of the country. It was suppressed by Douglas MacArthur for being too sympathetic to the Japanese.
4XNKo TIL that 37% of Brits believe their jobs are meaningless.
69G1X TIL: In April 1861 in Pennsylvania, an oil well that began gushing at a rate 3,000 barrels per day had drawn about 150 spectators by the time an hour later when the oil gusher burst into flames, raining fire down on the oil-soaked onlookers. Thirty people died.