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TIL the character Sabrina the Teenage Witch was originally created in 1962 as a part of the Archie comics series.

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9X0G TIL that Gene Wilder personally created the Willy Wonka introduction scene where he fakes being crippled.
NXMv8 TIL:Crows are a highly intelligent species, which are self-aware just like humans. They are as smart as Gorillas and have a complex brain which has the ability to reason
DQnaJ TIL that Krazy Kat, William Randolph Hearst's favorite kartoon kat, was gender fluid: sometimes male, sometimes female, but always in love with the (male) Ignatz Mouse.
Bg4JK TIL Clever Hans, a horse, who performed various mathematical, musical, and language tasks, like arithmetic operations, telling the time, differentiating between musical tones, and understanding and spelling German. He is thought to have been eaten by hungry soldiers in WW1 after being drafted.
XEQ46 TIL 'right of the first night' allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women is considered a myth and was never common anywhere in Europe