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TIL that Waylon Jennings voluntarily gave up his seat to J. P. Richardson on the doomed flight that killed Buddy Holly

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xV8mo TIL that in the traditional version of The Frog Prince story, the frog was not transformed by a kiss, but by being thrown angrily by the Princess, with all her strength, against a wall.
dVpE TIL Teddy Roosevelt is the only person to have ever received both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Medal of Honor, the two highest nationally recognized honors for war and peace.
6ERJX TIL Huddie Ledbetter, famous folk/blues singer Lead Belly (Midnight Special, Where did you sleep last night?) learned most of his songs in prison. He was in prison multiple times for assault and even murder. He escaped once and sang his way out of prison twice by writing songs to residing Governors.
KOrQB TIL that "potter's field," a term synonymous with mass graves, has a Biblical origin. It refers to an extremely clay-rich parcel of land in Jerusalem, purchased with the 30 pieces of silver which Judas returned to the chief priests. Useless for farming, the land was used to bury strangers.
NXkG6 TIL Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle was originally supposed to be about a quest to find Krispy Kreme donuts, but the food was changed to White Castle hamburgers after Krispy Kreme refused to allow the film to use their name.