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TIL that both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley (both of the Allman Brother’s Band) died in separate Motorcycle crashes one year apart; both 24 years old, both in Macon Georgia, and each incident only three blocks away from from each other

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69N6W Today I learned that poinsettias were first cultivated by the Aztecs. They were brought to America by Joel Poinsett, from who they get their English name.
epMgD TIL about Frederick Valentich, an Australian pilot who disappeared during a flight in 1978 after reporting an unidentified object following him and saying, 'It's not an aircraft.'
kO0mB TIL that, according to Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno, CBS thought the name Bruce Banner sounded "too gay-ish.” The protagonist’s name on The Incredible Hulk series was then changed to David Banner. Ferrigno thought it was "the most absurd, ridiculous thing [I’d] ever heard".
6yn7 TIL there is an office in Beijing that can literally control the weather
XlwE TIL that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 entitled everyone to access accommodation, public transport, and theatres regardless of race or color. In 1883, this law was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as being unconstitutional.