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TIL the Hindenburg airship had a smoking lounge with one electric lighter

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KOJG4 TIL the producers of Rush Hour 2 paid the Triad about $64,000 in protection money that was later recovered by the local police.
nM59 TIL “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” was named so because studio executives feared that audiences wouldn’t want to see the word Charlie in the title, since American soldiers in Vietnam often used “Charlie” to refer to the Viet Cong.
PXxV TIL In 1518, People “danced themselves to death” for no obvious reason in Strasbourg, France. One woman started it, and others joined her. Within a month, there were 400 people involved. Many died from pure exhaustion.
rRn70 TIL There were 22 California condors left in 1987 (0 in the wild). Thanks to conservation efforts, there are ~500 now. Its 3.0 m (9.8 ft) wingspan is the widest of any North American bird!
81oa TIL there is a rare mental disorder in which the sufferer is convinced that he or she is dead.