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TIL Julian Lennon was originally named John Charles Julian Lennon, but legally changed his name in 2020 to Julian Charles John Lennon

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9eQQ TIL that the singular form of confetti is “confetto”.
gMew8 Today I learned there are jaguars living in the United States and the most famous one is named El Jefe
74vX TIL that Jim Crow-era “Literacy Tests” were frequently not even legitimate tests of reading skills but instead were a series of incredibly confusing trick questions such as “Print the word vote upside down, but in the correct order.”
gMKW7 TIL three "spec scripts" -- an unsolicited screenplay written in hopes it will be eventually purchased by a film studio -- have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay: Thelma & Louise (1990), Good Will Hunting (1994), and American Beauty (1998).
ANLEn TIL that Stephen Lee was one of three anti-Apartheid activists who escaped from Pretoria Prison in 1979. In 1980, the warden in charge that night was put on trial for aiding their escape. Lee wrote a letter to a South African newspaper proclaiming his innocence. The warden was eventually acquitted.