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vPMa7 TIL That even though Rob Zombie appeared as a character in Twisted Metal 4 in addition to contributing music and a music video to it, he didn't voice his own character. Jon St. John of Duke Nukem fame did.
DQmdg TIL about Sacheen Littlefeather: An American woman with Mexican ancestry, whose lies about being Native American were discovered after her death at 75.
m1K0x TIL in 1950 only 9 percent of American households had a television set, but by 1960 the figure had reached 90 percent.
yVMjV TIL the hat worn by the Smurfs is called a Phrygian cap and is synonymous with liberty. Also known as a Thracian cap, it dates back over 2000 years.
ANmlg TIL that while production of "The Big Sleep" had concluded during World War II, scenes with Lauren Bacall were added in postwar reshoots following her marriage to the film's star Humphrey Bogart, with the hopes of enhancing the movie with their on-screen chemistry.
QNbPM TIL that the last burial in Tombstone's famous Boothill cemetery (resting place of the dead from the OK Corral) wasn’t until 1953, of a man whose ashes were sent from California COD.