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TIL Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet President, starred in a Pizza Hut commercial.

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evn4 TIL that Texas parents are allowed to serve their own underage children alcohol but are liable for prosecution if the child subsequently gets into a fight, falls and hurts him/herself, or is sexually assaulted
ADRgx TIL the tank battle for Stonne village that changed hands 17 times between 15 and 17 May 1940. IIIrd Reich officers considered it as their "Verdun of 1940". A German officer later said: “There are 3 battles that I can never forget: Stonne, Stalingrad, and Monte Cassino."
wLAmY TIL there are several philosophical razors--not just Occam's Razor (simpler explanations are likely correct). One is called Newton's Flaming Laser Sword because it is, "Much sharper and more dangerous than Occam's Razor." It states that what cannot be settled by experiment ought not be debated.
X0XR TIL when you see something for the first time then start to see it everywhere, it is called the ‘Baader-Meinhof phenomenon’.
Go5Q TIL that when FDR died in 1945, Harry Truman offered his condolences to Eleanor, asking, “Is there anything I can do for you?” Mrs. Roosevelt responded, “Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now.”