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TIL that “Chop Suey” literally means “miscellaneous leftovers” in Chinese.

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G7p1 TIL in 1962, the actress Clara Blandick, who played “Auntie Em” in The Wizard of Oz, neatly arranged her room to display memorabilia, press clippings, and a resume of her career. She then dressed immaculately, took an overdose of sleeping pills, and tied a plastic bag over her head.
0weLp TIL that Randy Bachman (of Bachman Turner Overdrive) wrote the stammering parts in their hit ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ to tease his brother Garry, who had a speech impediment when he was younger.
v1Zar TIL space is really really empty. If you add up the diameters of all the other planets + Pluto in our solar system ( 382,367km they )fit in the gap between the earth and the moon (384,400km)
E7xW TIL that in 67 AD, Roman Emperor Nero was in such deep mourning over the death of his late wife Poppaea Sabina that he castrated and married a young man who bore an uncanny resemblance to her and even started calling him by his late wife’s name.
r1ko TIL that Carl Sagan wrote an article, under a pseudonym, that professed the wonders of marijuana. He was revealed as the author after his death.