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TIL Jamie Farr, the actor who played Section-8 hopeful cross-dresser Corporal Klinger in MASH, was costumed using hand-me-downs from the the 20th Century Fox wardrobe department, including garments originally worn by Betty Grable and Ginger Rogers.

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Ge45 TIL that pinball was illegal for 30 years in many major US cities. Politicians thought that pinball was a game based on chance and therefore must have been a mob-run scam. The ban ended when a master pinball player was called in front of a committee to demonstrate his skill.
VBgAm TIL one of the first things ever sold online was pizza. PizzaNet, owned and operated by Pizza Hut, was created in 1994 and serviced Santa Cruz, California. It was one of the first few thousand on the web. The site is still running today.
E1XJp TIL that despite the popular depiction in films and television, Manhattan has almost no alleys. The Commissioners Plan of 1811 designed the city's grid layout without alleyways to maximize the limited space. The few alleys that remain mostly predate that plan.
X0ODD TIL NASA maintains a catalog of all human-made items left behind on the Moon's surface, including cameras, science experiments, golf balls, and a javelin
4kMK5 TIL the character of Dazzler from the X-Men was the creation of a partnership between Marvel and Casablanca Records. This project would've also included a film featuring comedian Rodney Dangerfield and label's acts like Kiss, Village People, Cher and Donna Summer but it was eventually shelved.