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TIL that the monkey frequently on NBC’s Today Show in the 1950s and 60s, J. Fred Muggs, is still alive and living in obscurity in Florida.

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b9vk0 TIL the last time the Olympics were in Korea, North Korean agents tried to derail the games by blowing a passenger plane and killing 115 people.
BgG9d TIL Hexie Maxie was the sole survivor of the worst single-vehicle car accident in American history. On July 31, 1954 a Buick's brakes failed — it hit a cliff, overturned, and burst into flames. 11 people were killed, including Maxie's own family. Severely burned, he still tried to save others.
1aBd8 TIL pistol deuling was an event in the 1908 Olympics, in which competitors would fire wax bullets at one another.
Y7RLd TIL: Lead is still a major pollutant and are largely being recycled under dangerous conditions by largely extremely poor populations.
awJyL TIL in 1999 Kevin Smith joined in a protest against his own movie Dogma, and was even interviewed by the local news under his friends name, Bryan Johnson.