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TIL: Before the discovery of X-rays and xylophone popularity, the Persian King Xerxes was used for the X letter in children's alphabet books.

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8aedP TIL of Tama (たま, April 29, 1999 – June 22, 2015), a female calico cat who gained fame for being a station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
9YR5G TIL that, before becoming an actor, Joe Pesci (under the name "Joe Ritchie") recorded an album called "Little Joe Sure Can Sing!", where he covered various popular songs
8a4AG TIL Beluga Whales have squishy heads
rjDx TIL That Johnny Knoxville has to use a catheter twice a day as a result of a stunt gone wrong
nWL1B TIL that the song Jeremy by pearl jam was based on actual events