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TIL out of all the words Dr. Seus made up, there are only 2 in the dictionary attributed to him: “grinch” and “nerd”.

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rRZD4 TIL of Toystory the Bull. Known for his "testicular fortitude," he produced over 2.4 million units of semen in his lifetime and (through artificial insemination) fathered roughly 500,000 offspring.
RoX8 TIL in 1985 the Philadelphia police dropped two bombs on West Philadelphia
P17rn TIL that Tony Chachere, the inventor of Tony’s seasoning, had already retired as a millionaire twice from two successful businesses (pharmaceuticals and insurance sales) before he became famous for his cooking and seasonings.
4Xn5R TIL about the Lady in white aka Perla Siedle Gibson from South Africa who would stand at the port and sing for the servicemen as their ships sailed in and out of Durban during WW2 and beyond. She was a true inspiration and motivation for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and became famous for it.
VMlgQ TIL That a Chinese author based some of the murders in his books on ones he’s committed years earlier. Liu Yongbiao was convicted last year of killing four people in 1994. He’d also boasted of planning a book about a murderous author that bested capture and escaped authorities.