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TIL Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake

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8wOK TIL that Mel Brooks was nominated for a Kennedy Center Award by President Bush. He refused the award, saying “Well, I’m going to wait for another president, if I’m still alive, if you don’t mind.”
X071D TIL Casimir Pulaski "Father of the American Cavalry" and one of George Washington's close inner circle generals, may have been a woman or intersex.
J1A5l TIL the random parts added for effect in model making are called "Greeblies"
pYOKQ TIL the earliest recorded autopsy was performed on the body of Julius Caesar. Only one stab wound (out of 23) would be fatal on its own.
B66K TIL winter lasts 21 years on Uranus.