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TIL the last recorded Black Widow death in the United States of America happened in 1983

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6Ekb7 TIL of Forrest Spaulding who in 1938 drafted a Library Bill of Rights against censorship. When challenged for a library copy of Mein Kampf he responded, "if more people had read it, Hitler's despotism might have been prevented". Spaulding's bill was later adopted by the American Library Association.
MeBOb TIL that a 15-minute, 1963 English comedy sketch is still shown nationwide every New Year's Eve in Germany, and may attract half of the entire population. It never appeared on English TV until 2018.
5VLp TIL Comedian Richard Pryor grew up in his grandmother’s brothel in Peoria, IL. He once saw his mother performing sex acts with the Mayor.
L7vr TIL In 1904 a woman borrowed $5 million dollars from US Banks because people thought she was Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate child. She wasn’t.
5EkP TIL in 1974 Paul McCartney and John Lennon watched SNL in John’s apartment when Lorne Michaels offered $3000 to get the Beatles back together. The two seriously considered going to the studio just a few blocks away but decided it was too late. This was the last time the two would ever be together.