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TIL That The Chinese Have A Space Station. What Is Wrong With Our Media That This Has Never Been A Story?

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W1bL TIL a man once saved a baby from a dumpster only to discover he was the father
R7gkl TIL: Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, and many other Hanna-Barbera characters had collars in order to make them easier (and cheaper) to animate.
57XB TIL there is a face cream that is 2,000 years old which was found with the finger marks of its last user
b95yQ TIL that when it opened in 1955, Disneyland featured an educational attraction themed around the history of women's underwear, sponsored by the Hollywood-Maxwell Brassiere Company. It even featured its own animatronic mascot, the Wonderful Wizard of Bras.
JY4Nv TIL In '72 Billy Joel got into a legal battle with his label and was forbidden from recording. He moved to LA and played at a bar under an assumed name to earn money. This was the inspiration for the song "Piano Man". All the characters in the song were based on real people Joel had met at the bar.