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TIL when the Hollywood sign was changed to ‘Hollyweed’ in 1976, the art student responsible was given an A

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W8g4 TIL: St. Valentine was not only the patron saint of love and marriage, but of bee keeping, epilepsy, fainting, and the plague.
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aWkJ TIL Donald Trump proposed a one-time wealth tax of 14.24% on individuals worth $10 million or more. Trump calculated that this would generate $5.7 trillion in new taxes, which could be used to eliminate the national debt, but understood no conventional politician would ever have the guts to do it.
mx8Ap TIL a British woman holds the world record for longest sneezing fit ever recorded. Donna Griffiths started sneezing on January 13th,1981 and didn't stop until September 16th, 1983(997th day). It's estimated she sneezed 1 million times in the first 365 days.
GY17E TIL police dogs can be trained to detect either explosives or narcotics, but never both.