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TIL The Golden Girls was supposed to have a different theme song, Instead of Andrew Gold’s iconic “Thank You for Being a Friend,” the show’s producers wanted to use Bette Midler’s song “Friends,” However, the cost of buying the license was too expensive and they had to pass.

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Q4da TIL William Calcraft, a prolific British hangman of the 19th Century, was so incompetent that he often had to hang from the legs of the executed or climb on their shoulders to complete the execution
BjML TIL there is a Cyrillic letter so rare it is only used in the phrase “many-eyed Seraphim”
VVNZ TIL the Aboriginal Mbabaram word for dog is “dog”. This type of coincidence is called a “false cognate” and there are many occurrences throughout the world.
OGgEa TIL the Shar Pei is an ancient dog breed, but its wrinkles are new. In 1978, Guinness named it the rarest dog breed —only 60 in existence! The publicity made demand skyrocket... so breeders mixed in other breeds, resulting in the huge wrinkles. <100 of the original still exist.
epZLg TIL the number of active four-star Generals (the highest officer rank of the US army) is limited. This is set at 7 Army generals, 2 Marine generals, 8 Air Force generals, 2 Space Force generals, 6 Navy admirals, and 2 Coast Guard admirals.