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TIL that nearly everyone mispronounces Chico Marx' first name (one of the famous Marx Brothers) as "Cheek-Oh" when it's actually pronounced "Chick-Oh". He earned the nickname as the brother who was always chasing after the "chicks" (slang for girls).

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0wXA5 TIL about a set of twins that reunited after 37 years in 1979. Both were named Jim by their adoptive parents, loved carpentry and math, and pursued careers in security. Even stranger, they had each married a woman named Linda and then remarried a woman named Betty.
7kp TIL that many ‘Ghost Trains’ run on the British Rail Network. These trains - often unadvertised - run extremely rarely, at obscure times, through bizarre routes, purely to keep the line officially open whilst discouraging passenger use. Ghost train hunters roam the country searching for them!
KYN99 TIL Of the 45 persons who have served as President of the United States, at least half have displayed proficiency in speaking or writing a language other than English. Of these, only one, Martin Van Buren, learned English as his second language; his first language was Dutch.
D57p TIL It Is Illegal For Cops to Set Up Narcotics Checkpoints (City of Indianapolis v. Edmond), but They Still Put up Signs Warning of them Hoping to Catch Drivers Driving Erratically or Making Illegal U-turns
Zp4wv TIL because the Speaker of the House of Commons is politically neutral, major political parties in the UK do not field candidates against them and voters in their constituency have limited options compared to other parliamentary constituences