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TIL in 1988 Quentin Tarantino made an appearance on the Golden Girls as an Elvis impersonator

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pGkN TIL that a black Nigerian couple gave birth to a “miracle” blond white baby.
5VdBp TIL Sweet Potatoes are not actually potatoes, but more closely related to Morning Glory
7rxAM TIL The Smallpox virus is the first and only infectious human disease to be completely eradicated; the last known case occurred in 1978. Small quantities of the virus still exist in two secure laboratories though; one in the USA and the other in Russia.
oBA6K TIL: Based on a 9th-century Taoist text, the invention of gunpowder by Chinese alchemists was likely an accidental byproduct from experiments seeking to create the elixir of life.
wvyM TIL Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria during WW2, went on to be elected republican Prime Minister from 2001-2005. He is the only living person to be called Tsar.