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TIL that an Oxford University genetic study found that the English are actually French and German, and that the Welsh are the true Britons

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W7YPX TIL that Suddam Hussain personally responded to a letter he received after 9/11 from a United States citizen. He offered his condolences and explained his initial reaction.
4EnX TIL Mr. Rogers made a point of mentioning out loud when he was feeding his fish after he got a letter from a family whose blind daughter asked him to do so, because she couldn’t tell if the fish were being fed.
ANmMn TIL Chris Farley was the original Voice Actor for Shrek, but then died during production causing the Studio to call in Mike Myers to replace him
XEge6 TIL the Isle of Pabbay in the Hebrides was abandoned when every male resident of the island was lost at sea. Another of the Isles had all its sheep washed away by a wave
mxE4v TIL witches were never depicted with green skin before the 1939 Wizard of Oz film. Witches were commonly depicted as red or orange beforehand. The Wicked Witch of the West was not described as green in the book, and she was only made green in the film because it looked really good in technicolor.