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Submitted by Bruce-Wayne-Official t3_11cvh77
TIL in 1980, An aspiring actor Paul David Siederman, won the Nathan's Famous July 4th hot dog eating championship. He later became the well-known porn actor Jerry Butler and was married to TV actress Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday in the 60's series "The Addams Family"
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by ourmanflint1 t3_zycemu
TIL Daryl Hall's (of pop duo Hall & Oates) first solo album produced by King Crimson's Robert Fripp was initially shelved by RCA in 1977, leading outraged Hall and Fripp to pass copies of the record to journalists and DJs. Hall's fans started a letter-writing campaign requesting its release.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by Bubbly-Incident t3_10h1mqk
Submitted by Corndogeveryday t3_11dpcdg
TIL The first bridge to span the Mississippi River was built in 1855 near Minneapolis. The Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge charged a toll. Price for pigs and sheep was 2 cents, humans paid 3 cents, horses cost 15 cents and carriages cost 25 cents.
minnpost.comSubmitted by triviafrenzy t3_10xnul2
Submitted by bringmeturtles t3_z0aycn
TIL as an alternative to Brigham Young’s wagon train trip to Salt Lake, Sam Brannan chartered a ship Brooklyn to take 238 passengers from New York, around the Cape Horn to Hawaii and then what is now San Francisco. Brannon then walked overland through Utah and met Young in what is now Wyoming.
en.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by triviafrenzy t3_1163z9q
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