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TIL that there are two Saint Valentine’s and both are celebrated for Valentine’s Day.

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QN8Ze TIL the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is set to enter the public domain in 2024, which means that anyone will be able to use or adapt this version of the character without fear of copyright infringement.
Vw9Q TIL that Charles Manson ran a crime ring that turned stolen VW Bugs into Dune Buggies
69dBQ TIL: The only number one song from Chuck Berry, "The Father of Rock and Roll", is the song My Ding-a-Ling.
Wkx8o TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat
P1AjZ TIL that the Peshtigo, Wisconsin Wilfire claimed more than 1500 lives making it the deadliest fire in American history, but most people haven’t heard about it because it went largely unreported due to the Great Fire of Chicago taking place on the exact same night, October 8th, 1871