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TIL Queen Elizabeth II christened HMS Queen Elizabeth which was named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth which was named after Queen Elizabeth I

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x6JWD TIL that Jesse Owens stayed at the same hotel as his white compatriots during the 1936 Olympics held under the Nazi regime, something he could not have done at the time at his native US
d8r4d TIL 17-year-old Kenny Loggins wasn't going to be able to record his song "House at Pooh Corner" because Disney was enforcing their copyright to Winnie the Pooh. Upset, he mentioned this to his girlfriend, only to find out her dad was the president of Disney– he soon got permission.
j6PXQ TIL the myth of a Deaf Frenchman and a hearing American teaching each other their languages on an ocean voyage in 1816, prior to establishing the first school for the Deaf in the US is not only true, but meticulously-documented. (And The Lincoln statue hands really do show his initials in ASL.)
jwp TIL that Talmund style Jewish circumcisions involve the Rabbi using his mouth to suck the blood from the penis.
oBGEE TIL Buddy Holly asked his wife out on their first meeting and proposed to her on the second. His manager disapproved of the relationship saying it would upset his female fans, so during his tours she was presented as his secretary.