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TIL Butterfly McQueen, one of the stars of “Gone with the Wind,” was unable to attend the film’s premiere because it was held in a whites-only theater

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wN78 TIL in 1957 Elvis asked his audience at a Seattle concert to please rise for the national anthem. He picked up his guitar, leaned in, shook his hips and began his biggest hit “You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog.” The crowd went wild. A 15-year old Jimmy Hendrix was there.
JY1El TIL: The small bow found inside of many hats is a symbolic memorial to past hatters who had died of mercury poisoning
ne9Ar TIL that in Ancient Rome, bestiarii, or gladiators who fought animals, often killed themselves rather than fight. In one instance, twenty-nine prisoners strangled each other to death rather than to fight in the arena.
ykKX TIL in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn’s communicator is a redecorated Gillette Sensor Excel Razor for Women.
9YJBX TIL over 300 species of fruit depend on bats for pollination and some fly over 100 miles/hour. Without bats we wouldn’t have cacao to make chocolate. Definitely changed my previous views on them!