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TIL Little Richard intended his album "Southern Child" to be released in 1972 but for reasons that remain hazy, it didn't come out until 2005

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GYxp4 TIL of Burj Al Babas - an abandoned $200m village in Turkey consisting of hundreds of Disney-style castles.
XEpxX TIL that in 1937 Martin Goodman, the founder of Marvel Comics bought tickets on the Hindenburg to return from his honeymoon in Europe, but couldn't get seats together with his wife, so they took an airplane instead. Marvel Comics #1 came out two years later.
6EPpY TIL cities are successfully using classical music in public spaces to deter crime, with one well-known case study showing it resulted in 33% fewer robberies, 25% fewer assaults on staff, and 37% less vandalism within 18 months.
8BX8 TIL in the German dub of Die Hard, the names of the German terrorists were changed to English names.
9wMBr TIL, a medieval map, one of the oldest maps in existence, depicts a mythical creature that farts at hunters, killing them