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TIL that the oldest surviving intact videotape and kinescope program is “The Edsel Show”, aired October 13, 1957

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4koOa TIL there was a deadlier martime disaster than the Titanic: the Sultana. Carrying 6 times the passengers than it was alotted, the Sultana sank on the Mississippi river killing over 1,100 Union Soldiers. The tragedy did not receive much attention as it was days after the assassination of Lincoln.
KPoB TIL Hitlerszalonna, or “Hitler Bacon,” was the nickname given to a dense jam eaten by Hungarian soldiers and citizens during WWII. Before the war, the Austrian Emporer would send troops packages of bacon (Kaiser Bacon), but when Hitler took over the bacon was replaced with fruit jam, hence the name.
a8xZA TIL that Dolly Parton's 1972 song "My Tennessee Mountain Home" was named an official state song of Tennessee in 2022.
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7ZKp TIL the Grammy awards were invented to counter the exploding popularity of Rock ‘n Roll in the 1950’s