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TIL That the Country which Has the Most Time Zones is France

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KO466 TIL in 2005 there was an erroneous Emergency Alert TV/radio broadcast in Connecticut that called for the evacuation of the entire state. Residents did not evacuate, and the most common response was to simply change the channel.
bnZ TIL John Lennon was offered the role of Jesus in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” but would only accept on the condition that Yoko played Mary Magdalene. The offer was then withdrawn.
7rbMZ TIL Francis Tumblety, a man suspected to be Jack the Ripper, was also arrested for being allegedly complicit in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
XvdE TIL of DI-X, a drug intended for Nazi soldiers that allowed test subjects to march up to 55 miles before collapsing.
b6PnQ TIL that Richard of Shrewsbury (the younger of the two princes in the tower) had been married and widowed before his disappearance at age 9.