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TIL the comic strip that started Popeye was actually about Olive Oil. Popeye was a side character

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epBd4 TIL many kingdoms and empires hired court dwarves. Their responsibilities included standing next to the king to make him look taller, and providing entertainment by being small. Confucius was said to have executed many of them after winning a debate.
YpZrG TIL that out of thousands of Frog species, only one goes "RIBBIT", But it has become a global cliche of how a frog sounds because that particular frog specie resides in the West Coast of USA, where Hollywood is, and were recorded for sound effects in classic Hollywood movies.
R74a1 TIL that where your tongue sits at rest depends on your native language. If it’s English, your tongue rests at the roof of your mouth, behind your upper teeth. However, if your first language is Russian or German, your tongue rests at the bottom of your mouth, behind the lower teeth, when not in use
LQ65m TIL NASA worked on the Toyota Prius to determine if the unintended acceleration problem from the late 2000s and early 2010s was a problem with the car's computer systems.
p8oJ8 TIL that 19 June is the anniversary of the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the first U.S. civilians to be sentenced to death for espionage.