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TIL Miami Beach used to be an overwhelmingly Jewish community

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Ryya TIL that James Earl Jones once used the handle “Darth Vader” while traveling across the country and spoke in character to truck drivers on the CB radio. It freaked them out and he had to stop.
nQL9 TIL That the child actress who played the voice of Ducky in The Land Before Time, Judith Barsi, was murdered by her father after years of jealousy and abuse.
EJLP TIL: That the Honolulu Police Departments police cruisers are required to have their blue steady lights on when they are on duty to so people are aware where police officers are.
ADNMd TIL that in 1974, a German artist flew to NYC, was picked up with a stretcher and wrapped in felt and taken to an enclosed space where he spent 3 days living with a wild coyote. He was then taken back to his plane the same way, never setting foot on America.
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